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  • Hill fighter wings conduct night flying through September

    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 through Oct. 1.  During this period, flying is scheduled to be completed between 10 - 11:30 p.m. These times may change based on

  • Hill AFB hosting weapons evaluations over the next two weeks

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base may notice an increase in flying over the next two weeks as the Air Force conducts joint weapons system evaluations here.From Aug. 16-27 F-16s from Aviano Air Base, Italy, and F-35As from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., will be

  • 388th Munitions Squadron begins new familiarization training regimen

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The 388th Munitions Squadron began a new training regimen recently encompassing each of their twelve different sections.Starting in the precision guided munitions section, Airmen from one of the other ten sections in the squadron received familiarization training on the

  • F-35 crews participate in load competition

    On Friday, active duty and Reserve maintainers with the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings faced off in an F-35 weapons load competition here.Crews  from the 388th FW’s 4th Fighter Generation Squadron, 34th FGS, 421st FGS and 419th FW’s 466th Aircraft Maintenance Unit participated.This quarters winner

  • Boot drive for Operation Heroes runs July 9-12

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Members from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings will host a boot drive to collect military combat boots of all conditions for Operation Heroes at Hangar 37 July 9-12.Operation Heroes is a non-profit organization that gives back to Utah’s Gold Star families, or families

  • Hill fighter wings to fly F-35s over Utah July 3

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – A 33-year holiday tradition lives on as pilots from the Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing and active-duty 388th Fighter Wing perform flyovers for 12 cities across Utah this Fourth of July weekend.Spectators may catch a glimpse of four F-35A Lightning II jets in

  • 4th FS, 421st FGS welcome new commanders

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Lt. Col. Greg Farrell took command of the 4th Fighter Squadron during a change of command ceremony at Hill Air Force Base, today. Farrell previously served as the director of operations for the 421st Fighter Squadron.The FS also bid farewell to Lt. Col. Joshua Arki, who

  • Hill Airmen return home after multinational exercises in Europe

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Aircraft and Airmen from the 4th Fighter Squadron returned to Utah this week after deploying the F-35A Lightning II to Europe a little more than a month ago. The squadron, compromised of active duty Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing and Reservists from the 419th FW here,