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  • Col. Aaron Blum, 75th Air Base Wing, with Maj. Shayne Carroll, 4th Figher Squadron, cut the ceremonial ribbon during Junior Achievement City's grand opening of their model air traffic control tower April 10, 2018, in Salt Lake City. The tower was built courtesy of Hill Air Force Base. The JA City is an interactive learning environment where students learn about real-life careers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Cleared for Takeoff: Junior Achievement City in SLC gets model air traffic control tower

    Officials from Hill Air Force Base helped open a model air traffic control tower in Salt Lake’s Junior Achievement City April 10.
  • F-35 Completes Most Comprehensive Flight Test Program in Aviation History

    F-35 completes most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history

    The F-35 Integrated Test Force, based at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, has completed more than 65,000 test points, 9,200 test flights, and six major test aircraft detachments on board L-class and Nimitz class carriers on both U.S. coasts.
  • Last year, ACC Airmen, their spouses and their children received almost $2 million in grants and loans from the Air Force Aid Society to help cover costs for basic living or medical expenses, emergency travel or child care. Our Airmen received another $236,000 in grants to help them further their education.

    When you can give, the Air Force Assistance Fund gives back

    Since 1942, the AFAF campaign has been run by the Air Force family to help the Air Force family. Whether we are aware of it or not, each of us knows someone who has been helped by the Fund. Anything we can do today helps ensure that assistance will be available for other Airmen and other families when they need it tomorrow.
  • Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt, 75th Air Base Wing commander, signs the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month proclamation at a breakfast held April 3, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Department of Defense's 2018 SAAPM campaign theme is "Protecting our People Protects our Mission." (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Leaders urge Hill personnel to prevent sexual assault

    Hill leaders and community members gathered April 3 for the 2018 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month breakfast. The annual event was held to raise the awareness of base personnel and community partners about sexual assault.

  • Hill welcomes new installation commander April 13

    Col. Jon Eberlan will become the 75th Air Base Wing Commander at Hill AFB during a change of command ceremony here at 9 a.m. April 13.

  • Thunderbirds aircraft mishap

    A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot was killed when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed over the Nevada Test and Training Range April 4, 2018, at approximately 10:30 a.m. during a routine aerial demonstration training flight. The identity of the pilot is being withheld for 24-hours pending next of kin notification. An investigation is being conducted into the cause of the mishap.

  • New Utah law eases licensing for military, spouses

    Thanks to a new law, finding work in Utah will now be much easier for military members and their spouses who hold professional licenses and certifications from other states.Signed this week, the law aims to address the employment barriers faced by military families who often move from state-to-state multiple times during a career.
  • Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Hill bids farewell to 75 ABW commander

    After nearly two years as Hill’s 75th Air Base Wing Commander, Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt is moving on. On April 13, she’ll hand the reigns of the wing to Col. Jon Eberlan and transition to life in the Pentagon.

  • Twenty-nine graduate in ALS Class 18-C

    Twenty-nine future supervisors completed the first step of enlisted professional military education during a graduation ceremony March 29.
  • Brig. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins, Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, was a guest speaker during the fifth annual Cultural Awareness Day Friday, March 23, 2018, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He emphasized how crucial diversity is in the success of today’s Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Birchfield)

    Highlighting the importance of diversity in today’s Air Force

    The Maxwell Equal Opportunity office welcomed members from the community to celebrate diversity Friday during the base’s fifth annual Cultural Awareness Day event in the Honor Guard Hangar here. Brig. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins, Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, was a guest speaker and shared his insight on why diversity is so important in today’s Air Force.
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