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  • SECAF visits Hill Airmen during Japan visit

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson visited Kadena Air Base Feb. 1-2 for the first time since taking the position. She met with members across the installation, including Airmen in the 388th Fighter Wing and 419th Fighter Wing who are deployed to Japan as part of a routine theater security

  • Sustaining the Ogden ALC, F-16 relationship

    Though Hill’s operational F-16s have departed, the Ogden Air Logistics Complex continues to sustain and fly one of the world’s most widely recognized and widely used fighter aircraft ever to take to the skies, with ongoing regeneration, depot-level maintenance and modifications on C and D model

  • Hill opens new 35,000 square-foot flight line fire station

    Firefighters here have a new home – a 35,000 square foot facility that not only improves their response times, but also their quality of life.The building’s grand opening Thursday – attended by Air Force leadership, federal, state and local politicians – was marked by a traditional ceremony, where

  • Hill to test readiness, emergency response

    Hill AFB will be conducting readiness and emergency response exercises Jan. 29 through Feb. 5. Exercise activity may be noticeable on and around the installation, to include longer traffic cueing at installation gates, increased movement of emergency response vehicles, or testing of the base's

  • JASDF general tours F-35A at Kadena

    Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Koji Imaki, Air Defense Command, Defense and Operations Division chief, and other members of the JASDF received a up-close-look at a U.S. Air Force F-35-A Lightning II during a tour Jan. 12, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

  • Air Force announces change to deployments

    The Air Force announced another milestone under the chief of staff’s number two focus area: Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams.Airmen deploying on individual taskings will now deploy in teams of three or more. This move will provide mutual support during the entire deployment continuum. This

  • Hill F-35A maintainers passing the Pacific TSP test

    Five weeks into the first F-35A Pacific Theater Security Package deployment the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit team is at full stride.Maintainers in the Pacific location and in Utah, home of the 34th AMU under the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings are coming together to make the first TSP a success and

  • Hill’s F-35A and airmen mastering first Pacific deployment

    More than 300 men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings and 12 F-35As are conducting business for the next six months on the subtropical Japanese island of Okinawa during a deployment known as a Theater Security Package.Their business is to fly the F-35A, integrate with Kadena Air Base’s