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  • 388th Fighter Wing heads to Red Flag 22-1 as lead wing with F-35A

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Starting this week, the 388th Fighter Wing is serving as the lead wing at Red Flag, the Air Force’s premier combat exercise, which takes place at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, several times throughout the year.The 421st Fighter Squadron and 421st Fighter Generation

  • 388th Fighter Wing announces 2021's annual award winners

    Mr. Carl SchultzCategory I Civilian of the YearMs. Brittanie KellerCategory II Civilian of the YearMr. Jeremy LeeteCategory III Civilian of the YearSrA Breighton ZakikianAirman of the YearTSgt Thomas CunhaNCO of the YearMSgt Henry MatsuokaSNCO of the YearCapt Anton MartynCGO of the YearMajor Nolan

  • UPDATE: Hill fighter wings conducting night flying into February

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah --  The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings will conduct local night-flying operations with the F-35A Lightning II on most weekdays starting this week through February.  During this period, flying is scheduled to be completed by approximately 10:30 p.m., but

  • Airmen brave winter storm to bring gifts to foster families

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Known as the “Santa Brigade,” Reserve and active-duty Airmen from across Hill AFB braved snowy roads Dec. 15 to hand-deliver Christmas presents to Utah children in foster care.Each year, roughly 90 Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing, 419th Fighter Wing, 649th Munitions

  • 388th OSS enhancing combat capability by taking on F-35A software

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Communications Airmen in the 388th Operations Support Squadron recently completed a combat training exercise successfully testing the first all-military support for the F-35A Lightning II’s Autonomic Logistics Information System.Currently, ALIS administration is done by

  • Lightning Technician Program Airmen Complete Validation Exercise

    The 388th Maintenance Group completed a validation and verification exercise of its Lightning Technician Program last week. The Lightning Technician Program (LTP) is a section within the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron that is comprised of 48 multi-capable Airmen from five different AFSCs.LTP

  • 388th MUNS tailors munitions course to F-35A

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Airmen in the 388th Fighter Wing have created the first combat-coded F-35A Combat Munitions Training course to keep ammo troops familiar with every weapon in the Lightning II’s arsenal. The 388th Munitions Squadron is responsible for receiving, storing, building and