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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  • Reservist takes top honor at BMT graduation

    Col. Deborah Liddick, 737th Training Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ken Williams, 737th Training Group superintendent, recognize Airman Basic Robert Osmond from the 320th Training Squadron, Flight 187 as the top graduate from this week's graduating class at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

  • Reservists invited to workshops, job fair April 17

    The Utah Veterans and Military Employment Coalition will conduct the Governor's Military and Family Summit and Job Fair on April 17 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.The daylong summit is designed to provide assistance and education to service members, spouses, veterans,

  • Time now to get smart on sequestration, furlough

    Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta notified Congress recently that should sequestration occur, the Department of Defense will initiate furlough for its 800,000-plus civilian employees. Congressional notification is required at least 45 days from a planned furlough, with implementation anticipated

  • Wing honors exceptional Airmen

    More than 400 military personnel, family members and community supporters gathered to recognize Utah's top Air Force Reservists during the 419th Fighter Wing's annual awards banquet at the Davis Conference Center in Layton Saturday. Attendees heard from Mr. Brad Barton, a local motivational speaker,

  • If sequestration triggers, furloughs begin in late April

    If sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials said here today.Sequestration is a provision in budget law that will trigger major across-the-board spending cuts March 1 unless Congress agrees on an

  • Chiefs honored at candlelight ceremony

    Chief Master Sgt. Mark Batzer, 388th Fighter Wing command chief, swears in Hill's newest and upcoming chief master sergeants, including three reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing, in a ceremony Feb. 15. They include (left to right): Chief Master Sgt. Matthew McElreath, 67th Aerial Port Squadron;

  • Panetta issues message to DOD workforce on sequestration

    With major, across-the-board defense spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today issued a message to the Defense Department workforce.Here is the secretary's message:For more than a year and a half, the president, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I have

  • Wing names quarterly award winners

    Congratulations to the following outstanding 419th Fighter Wing personnel who were recently named quarterly award winners: Company Grade Officer Category Capt. David Sawyer, Operations GroupSenior Non-commissioned Officer CategoryMaster Sgt. Davina Wong, Maintenance GroupNon-commissioned Officer

  • Q&A: Top Reserve shirt talks first sergeants' importance

    Early in his career, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Bellerose saw a first sergeant fix a problem others said couldn't be solved. Bellerose, a security forces patrolman at the time, was working at a base air show and someone told him there weren't enough box lunches for him and his team, he recalled. A

  • Q&A: IG talks shop

    Lt. Col. Lynne Hull, the 419th Fighter Wing inspector general, spent 21 years as a maintenance officer dealing with the inner workings of aircraft, but during the past four years she's focused on the inner workings of work places as the wing's IG. Hull recently sat down with me to talk about the ins