Maintenance team keeps F-16s airworthy

388th Fighter Wing maintainers are working with their Reserve counterparts to support F-16 operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Deployed maintainers checked for corrosion on aircraft assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and completed an 8,000-hour rotary actuator time change

Newest Chiefs recognized during ceremony

The designation as a "1-percenter" commonly carries less-than-desirable connotations, depending on the context and demographic to which it is applied.In the United States Air Force, being part of the top one percent distinguishes Airmen who have achieved the highest enlisted rank, chief master

Hill's F-35s drop first weapons

 Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings dropped laser-guided bombs at the Utah Test and Training Range this week, marking the first time an F-35 combat unit has employed weapons from the F-35A.Lt. Col. George Watkins, 34th Fighter Squadron commander, said employing weapons on the F-35 allows

Airmen make Valentine’s Day sweet for seniors

Airmen from Hill AFB made Valentine’s Day a little sweeter for local senior citizens.  Chancellor Gardens, an assisted living facility in Clearfield, hosted a dance for its residents Feb. 11. As in years past, men and women from Hill AFB served as partners on the dance floor, swaying to live music

Vipers of '91: Hill's F-16s at war

When the Gulf War began, the footage of precision weaponry striking Iraqi government buildings, military installations, and tanks impressed the nation. Laser guided bombs and high speed anti-radiation missiles (HARMs), carried by the new stealthy F-117 Nighthawk, and the F-111 Aardvark caught the

388th and 419th Fighter Wings fly 100th sortie from Hill in the F-35A

'Black Widows' arrive at Bagram for final F-16 deployment

Airmen assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing's 421st Fighter Squadron, known as the "Black Widows", arrived at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 28 in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute Support mission.During their six-month tenure at BAF, the squadron will assume the

Airman earns Purple Heart, recognized at Hill AFB

Tech. Sgt. Jesus Soto, an electronic warfare specialist in the 388th Fighter Wing's Component Maintenance Squadron, received the Purple Heart today for injuries sustained during an attack on Nov. 21, 2005."If I left it up to Jesus, this would have been a very modest ceremony," said Lt. Col. Steven

Hill commemorates new era in combat air power

Hill and the Top of Utah community officially welcomed the F-35 Lightning II at a ceremony Oct. 14, an event that formally marked the beginning of F-35 operations for the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings.Members of the Utah congressional delegation, Lockheed Martin, and the Air Force addressed a crowd

First operational F-35As arrive at Hill AFB

The Air Force ushered in a new era of combat air power today as Hill Air Force Base received the service's first two operational F-35As.Hill's active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing will be the first combat-coded units to fly and maintain the Air Force's newest