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  • Family, friends hold memorial for 388th FW Airman

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, -- The family and friends of Airman 1st Class Joseph D. Blattel gathered here today to remember his life. Blattel died Sunday following an off-base motorcycle accident. The 19-year-old, from Las Vegas, Nev., was an F-35 Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Specialist in the 34th

  • 388th Fighter Wing realigned under Fifteenth Air Force

    Fifteenth Air Force activated Aug. 20, integrating wings and direct reporting units from 12th Air Force and Ninth Air Force to form a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command’s conventional forces.

  • Hill squadron conducts weapons evaluation

    HILL AIR FORE BASE, Utah – A variety of military aircraft will visit northern Utah as Hill’s 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron conducts an in-depth weapons evaluation known as Combat Hammer at Hill Air Force Base and the Utah Test and Training Range starting Monday.The evaluation is part of the Air

  • Deployed 421st Fighter Squadron join Israeli Air Force in combat exercise

    U.S. Air Force Central Command and the Israeli Air Force conducted the exercise "Enduring Lightning II" on Aug. 2, 2020 in the skies over southern Israel. It is the second joint exercise between the two countries involving the F-35.The IAF's 140th Squadron, which operates the "Adir" (F-35I) fighter

  • 388th Fighter Wing develops leaders with every sortie

    The 388th Fighter Wing launches between 50-100 combat training sorties nearly every day from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The training program is crucial not only to prepare for deployments, but also to develop leaders who will push the Air Force's F-35 capabilities further in the future.

  • F-35 crews deployed from Hill perform 'Alert' for first time

    AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates -- The 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron did something in early July which had never been done before by an F-35A Lightning II unit - go into alert status.The squadron performed alert status exercises to provide the necessary data points to mission

  • Hill Airmen take F-35 to Alaska for three weeks of training

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings are heading north with the F-35A for three weeks of training alongside a variety of other Air Force units at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.The 4th Fighter Squadron, which returned in October 2019 from the

  • 388th FW, Air Force, bid farewell to two retiring leaders

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The 388th Fighter Wing recently bid farewell to vice commander, Col. Michael Ebner, and maintenance group commander, Col. Michael Miles, as both completed their Air Force careers and retired. The ceremonies, with reduced capacity crowds, were held in Hangar 37 with