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  • An F-35A Lightning II flies over Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Record-setting first sortie for wing's newest F-35A

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The 388th Fighter Wing set a speed record for bringing online a newly-delivered aircraft last week, flying a local sortie less than five hours after accepting delivery of its 68th F-35A Lightning II.Aircraft 5261 left Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, production facility a little after 8 a.m. Aug. 1, 2019, landed at
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cody Albert, 421st Fighter Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II during Operation Rapid Forge at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 18, 2019. Rapid Forge aircraft are forward deploying to the territory of NATO allies to improve interoperability. The goal of the operation is to increase the readiness and responsiveness of U.S. forces in Europe and assist allies to increase regional security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Seelye)

    Hill Airmen expand F-35A combat capability in Rapid Forge

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- This week, Airmen from Hill Air Force Base’s fighter wings forward deployed the F-35A Lightning II to several locations in Europe as part of a joint readiness exercise.So far, Operation Rapid Forge has seen F-35As, F-15E Strike Eagles, and C-130J Super Hercules aircraft work together to land, refuel and re-arm with
  • F-16s during a combat exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 1, 2019. The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing, along with F-16 units from Holloman AFB, New Mexico, and Kunsan Air Base, Korea, conducted an integrated combat exercise where maintainers were tasked to continually provide ready aircraft and pilots took off in waves to simulate a large force engagement with enemy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Hill F-35A units assist in F-16 fighter training

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, -- Brand new F-16 pilots received a unique training experience here with the help of the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings and the F-35A Lightning II.For the last two weeks, F-16 basic course students and instructor pilots from the 311th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, have been
  • 388th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop, works on flight equipment, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 5, 2019. AFE Airmen manage, check and prepare gear pilots need to fly and also survive in the event of an emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Helping F-35A pilots operate, survive at Red Flag

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The F-35 is lethal and survivable in almost any environment, but it’s just a machine, unable to do anything without a skilled pilot. Those pilots need gear to interface with the jet, operate and survive. Outfitting the pilots is the job of the Airmen in the 388th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment
  • Eldrick Seoutewa (at right), an artist from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, demonstrates his jewelry for the attendees of the Annual American Indian Meeting held at the Utah Test and Training Range April 20, 2018, in which Hill Air Force Base was a co-host. The meeting was held for government-to-government conversations, tours of UTTR, and official tribal co-host presentations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Hill hosts annual meeting with American Indian tribes

    Hill Air Force Base hosted its annual government-to-government meeting and cultural exchange April 19-20 with members of several American Indian Tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by Department of Defense agencies in Utah.
  • Firefighters were called to a parking lot near building 430 on 6th Street May 2, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to rescue baby ducks stuck in a storm drain. (Courtesy photo)

    Hill firefighters rescue 9 baby ducks from storm drain

    Nine “lucky ducks” were reunited with their parents May 2. Firefighters were called to a parking lot near building 430 on 6th Street to rescue baby ducks stuck in a storm drain.
  • Firefighters conduct a controlled burn on a section of the Base Operations and Readiness Training Area April 27, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The prescribed burn targeted overgrown vegetation around structures used by the department’s technical rescue program members and other partner emergency-services for training. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Firefighters prescribe controlled burns for Hill

    Passers-by may have seen flames and smoke on the east side of the base April 27. A team of base firefighters conducted a controlled burn on a small section of the Base Operations and Readiness Training, or BORTA, area.
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    Hill AFB roadwork is set to begin

    The installation has two significant constructions projects scheduled to begin in early May. The renovations will result in two new traffic signals to an increasingly-busy Wardleigh Blvd., while another will include excavation and replacement of asphalt along 6th Street.
  • Diane Warsoff speaks during the Holocaust Days of Remembrance Service April 18, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Warsoff is a second-generation Holocaust survivor. Her mother and grandparents survived the Holocaust by hiding in France during World War II. In 2015, she traveled to Europe and met the family that rescued her mother and grandparents. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Second-generation Holocaust survivor shares her family story

    On April 18, the Hill AFB Special Observance Council held a Holocaust Days of Remembrance Service in memory of the estimated six million Jews and other minorities who were killed by the Nazis during World War II.
  • The Warriors Over the Wasatch: The Legacy Continues Air and Space Show is June 23-24, 2018. (U.S. Air Force graphic by David Perry)

    Hill announces 2018 air and space show

    The "Warriors Over the Wasatch: The Legacy Continues" Air and Space Show will return to the Top of Utah June 23-24.
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