An F-35A Lightning II, assigned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Anthony Pham)

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  • Air Force Ball set for Sept. 20

    The annual Air Force Ball will be held in Hangar 37 Sept. 20. Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Litchfield, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, will speak on the evening's theme, "Honoring Our Past... Embracing Our Future."Mess dress/semiformal is requested for military personnel. Formal/black tie or business

  • Hill AFB to host Key Spouse event Sept. 5

    The 75th Air Base Wing will host a Key Spouse information fair and reception at The Landing here Sept. 5. Team Hill's Key Spouses, commanders, directors and first sergeants are invited to learn more about agencies and resources available to military families. Several speakers will share their

  • SecDef: Civilian furloughs reduced to six days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today. Here is the complete text

  • SLIDESHOW: SFS reservists stay ready for war

    Airmen from the 419th Security Forces Squadron spent two weeks at Fort Wolters as part of Patriot Defender, a sustainment training course for security forces reservists. They joined about 60 other reservists from across the country to stay up to date on tactics. More than 1,200 security forces

  • VIDEO: 419th SFS Airmen tackle Patriot Defender

    For more, watch the video from Patriot Defender. Airmen from the 419th Security Forces Squadron spent two weeks here as part of Patriot Defender, a sustainment training course for security forces reservists."Patriot Defender is basically to keep us prepared in case we have to go to war," said Tech.

  • Wing leaders learn EOD mission

    Chief Master Sgt. Carmen Madia (left), 419th Fighter Wing command chief, and Col. Bryan Radliff (center), 419th commander, get an equipment demonstration from Master Sgt. Fred Schoeffler, 419th Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. The wing leaders spent the afternoon with the EOD team July 20 to

  • EOD Airman receives third Bronze Star

    Col. Bryan Radliff, 419th Fighter Wing commander, presented a Bronze Star medal to Master Sgt. Stuart Wylie, 419th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, during a commander's call here July 14. The Air Force reservist served as operations non-commissioned officer in charge of two EOD units while deployed to

  • National commission to visit 13 bases

    The "National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force" is planning to visit 13 Air Force locations, beginning with Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on July 16.Appointed by the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act, the commission is reviewing the Air Force's structure to determine if

  • Combat Air Forces to resume flying

    Combat Air Forces, or CAF, units from multiple commands began flying again today after many stopped flying in April of this year due to sequestration. The restored flying hour program represents $208 million of the $1.8 billion reprogramming allocation authorized by Congress. The money reinstates

  • Aerospace campers learn about EOD

    Senior Master Sgt. Eric Eberhard, 419th explosive ordnance disposal technician, took the floor at the Hill Aerospace Museum Friday to demonstrate the capabilities of a remote-controlled robot to 6th and 7th graders from a nearby aerospace summer camp. 419th EOD technician, Staff Sgt. Devin Stuart,