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  • Team Hill tests near-instant launch capabilities of fighter wings

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Last week, Team Hill carried out a short-notice exercise, launching F-35A Lightning IIs to intercept two civilian “red air” aircraft over the Utah Test and Training Range.The exercise tested the ability of the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings to perform

  • Two Hill fighter squadrons complete simultaneous combat exercises

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – During the first two weeks of November, two of the 388th Fighter Wing’s F-35A Lightning II squadrons employed live weapons in combat training during simultaneous exercises here and at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.Airmen from the 4th Fighter Squadron, including Reservists

  • Enlisted Airmen are the gatekeepers for Hill’s fighter squadrons

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Just like tracking maintenance on an F-35 is critical to flying safety, so is tracking and documenting the performance of the “human weapon system” – pilots – and that job belongs to Squadron Aviation Resource Managers.Squadron Aviation Resource Manager is an enlisted

  • 388th Maintenance Group reorganizes, stands up four new squadrons

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – On Nov 6, the 388th Maintenance Group held a joint ceremony here, provisionally standing up four new squadrons as part of a wing-wide reorganization effort.The new structure aims to streamline administrative and operational control over hundreds of maintainers and their

  • Weapons evaluations begin next week at Hill, 4th FS deploys to Tyndall

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base will notice an increase in flying over the next two weeks as the Air Force conducts a weapons evaluation here.Next week, F-35’s from the 34th Fighter Squadron, along with F-16s from Shaw AFB, S.C., AC-130 gunships from Hurlburt

  • STEP promotion awarded to 388th maintainer

    Col. Steven Behmer, 388th Fighter Wing commander, presents Staff Sgt. Robert Delacey, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, with a certificate of recognition for his Stripes for Execeptional Performers promotion to technical sergeant at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Oct. 28, 2020. Under the

  • 421st Fighter Squadron returns to Hill AFB

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Hundreds of Airmen from the expeditionary 421st Fighter Squadron returned here today following a six-month deployment to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.The deployment, in support of the United States Air Force Central Command mission, included both Airmen from

  • First USAF pilot hits 1,000 flying hours in F-35A

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – On Oct. 22, 388th Fighter Wing pilots flew a four-on-six tactical intercept mission over the Utah Test and Training Range in the F-35A Lightning II, using sensors and stealth to take on the enemy. The sortie lasted roughly two hours.It would have been just like any of the