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  • These aircraft are in Europe to participate in exercises and conduct training with Europe-based aircraft in support of a Theater Security Package.

    Hill’s fighter wings demonstrate global reach with F-35A

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- From Europe to the Middle East and the high desert of Idaho, the Air Force’s first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II squadrons demonstrated their global reach this week.In a seven-day span, Airmen from Hill Air Force Base’s active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings have been on the ground in nine different
  • Staff Sgt. William Richardson, an F-35A crew chief with the 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, is from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He joined the Air Force to "see the world." The current F-35A deployment to Europe is allowing him to do just that. (U.S. Air Force photo by Micah Garbarino)

    Air Force career opens world to F-35A maintainer

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- Staff Sgt. William Richardson doesn’t mind that it is a cliché. He joined the Air Force to see the world. And with this F-35A Lightning II deployment to Europe, he’s doing it.Richardson, an F-35A crew chief in the 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, was born on the tiny island of St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • The F-35A flew alongside two Finnish F-18 Hornet aircraft as part of a Theater Security Package.

    Hill F-35s fly with Finnish F-18s

  • U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft, assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, taxi on the flightline at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, June 11, 2019. Multiple F-35s arrived as part of a Theater Security Package. The aircraft have a unique combination of stealth, speed, and agility, making them some of the best dominance fighters in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Seelye)

    Hill F-35As arrive at Spangdahlem

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft, Airmen, and associated equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, at Hill AFB, Utah, to participate in exercises and conduct training with other Europe-based aircraft as part of a Theater
  • An F-35A Lightning II pilot looks out his canopy during Astral Knight 2019 on June 3, 2019, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The F-35A is designed to provide the pilot with unsurpassed situational awareness, positive target identification and precision strike in all weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos)

    U.S. F-35s deploy to Spain to participate in Tactical Leadership Programme flying course

    Airmen from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, recently deployed the F-35A Lightning II to Los Llanos Air Base at Albacete, Spain, to participate in Tactical Leadership Programme flying course 19-2. This, after finishing the multi-national Astral Knight 2019 air-and-missile defense exercise, at
  • An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off during Astral Knight 2019 on June 3, 2019, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, Airmen, and associated equipment to Aviano Air Base, Italy, from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, at Hill AFB, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos)

    Hill Airmen bring F-35A, fifth-gen capabilities to European defense exercise

    AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Airmen deployed from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, recently wrapped up the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs first participation in a large, European air-and-missile defense exercise.The focus of the multi-national exercise, Astral Knight 2019, was to defend several
  • Airman 1st Class Katherine M. Bragg, 388th Maintenance Squadron, was recently named a Superior Performer by the Team Hill Top 3. The Top 3 recognizes Airmen from Team Hill who have demonstrated excellence on and off duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Top 3 Superior Performer comes from 388th MXS

    The Team Hill Top 3 recently nominated Airman 1st Class Katherine M. Bragg for its Superior Performer award.
  • Tech. Sgt. Allen Fanter, the non-commissioned officer in charge of cargo operations for the 388th Maintenance Group, stands next to a cargo container in a hangar at Aviano Air Base, Italy during Astral Knight 2019. Fanter is the man tasked with making sure everything needed for a deployment gets to where it needs to be. This is one of more than a dozen movements Fanter has overseen since the 388th and 419th Fighter Wing's received their first F-35As in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Micah Garbarino)

    Load 'em up: F-35A from A to B? Ask Fanter

    AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- How do you pack an F-35A into a C-17? Or move nearly 300 Airmen, and all the equipment, to support 12 aircraft around Europe for two months? Or make sure you have enough of everything that you’ll need, and almost nothing that you don’t?For nearly 5 years at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the answer has been, “Ask Fanter.”Tech.
  • Staff Sgt. Keagan Rosario, 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit BOLT mission systems technician, performs preflight checks on an F-35A Lightning II fighter jet May 31, 2019, at Aviano Air Base. The F-35A is an agile, versatile, high-performance, 9G capable multirole fighter that combines stealth, sensor fusion and unprecedented situational awareness. Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are in Europe as part of a Theater Security Package. Currently they are participating in Astral Knight 2019, a joint and multinational exercise that involves airmen, soldiers and sailors from the United States and airmen from Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. The exercise is an integrated air and missile defense exercise focused on conducting integrated defense of key terrain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos)

    Agile BOLT maintenance team supports F-35A deployment

    AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy – Maintainers in an innovative 388th Maintenance Group program have taken two huge steps while developing a program that continues to push and streamline F-35A Lightning II sustainment.These “BOLT” maintainers are currently deployed alongside the 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the 421st Fighter Squadron during a Theater
  • Airman 1st Class Zachary Stiles, 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit BOLT mission systems technician, taxis an F-35A Lightning II fighter jet May 31, 2019, at Aviano Air Base. Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are in Europe as part of a Theater Security Package. Currently they are participating in Astral Knight 2019, a joint and multinational exercise that involves airmen, soldiers and sailors from the United States and airmen from Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. The exercise is an integrated air and missile defense exercise focused on conducting integrated defense of key terrain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos) (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos)

    PHOTOS: Hill Airmen train at Aviano

    AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Photos from the run up to Astral Knight 2019, a joint and multinational exercise that involves airmen, soldiers and sailors from the United States, and airmen from Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. The exercise is an integrated air and missile defense exercise focused on defending key terrain. 
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