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  • ACC's top leader meets 388th FW Airmen

    Air Combat Command’s top leader conducted an all-call here April 7 with Airmen assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing.  U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of ACC, thanked 388th and 419th FW Airmen for the phenomenal progress they’ve made toward initial operational capability for the F-35.

  • 388th Fighter Wing has X-ray vision

    Well, X-ray vision not quite in the way most would imagine, but a form of X-ray vision nonetheless.Usually the stuff of sci-fi movies, fictional superheroes, or comic books ads, the digital upgrade to a base Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) laboratory's X-ray system has greatly improved the workflow

  • 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

  • '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