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  • Overnight flying expected from Hill AFB this week

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base will hear increased activity during night-time hours next week as a number of aircraft will depart after midnight and return in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Friday Oct. 23.The departure and return times are

  • 388th Fighter Wing share F-35A, fighter pilot life with students in training

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Students in Air Force undergraduate pilot training programs were able to get an up-close and personal look at America’s most advanced fifth-generation stealth aircraft this week thanks to pilots from Hill Air Force Base, Utah.Four F-35A’s, piloted by company grade

  • 15th Air Force commander visits 388th FW

    Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, 15th Air Force commander, visited Hill Air Force Base, Utah, October 8, 2020. As the commander of 15th Air Force Franks is responsible for Air Combat Command’s conventional forces. The 15th Air Force helps “advise, assist, advocate and assess the wings to generate mission

  • F-35 wings test combat capability

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing participated in a rigorous training exercise this week aimed at testing their combat capability. Pilots and maintainers from the wings have been flying and generating roughly 80 sorties per day, some into

  • Hill AFB's fighter wings to conduct night flying during combat exercise

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base will notice flying operations late into the evening Sept. 14-17 as the base’s fighter wings conduct a local combat exercise.The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing will fly roughly 80 sorties per day,

  • 4th Fighter Squadron wraps up three weeks of training in Alaska

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The 388th Fighter Wing’s 4th Fighter Squadron, along with Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing, returned Saturday after three weeks of training in Alaska, including Red Flag 20-3 at Eielson Air Force Base.Red Flag is a large force combat exercise that takes place

  • Course developed at Hill AFB speeds training for new F-35 crew chiefs

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Crew chiefs newly-assigned to the F-35 have direct access to professional development thanks to a course recently created at Hill Air Force Base, which may be implemented throughout the Air Force.The first class of Airmen graduated Friday from the F-35 Crew Chief Upgrade