PHOTO ESSAY: Battle-ready

Reserve Airmen with the 419th Fighter Wing sharpened their skills last week in preparation for their upcoming operational readiness inspection. Exercise coordinators tested the Airmen with simulated base attacks and casualty response scenarios. The 419th FW, along with the 388th FW, will participate

Plan affects Reserve fighter units in 3 states

Air Force Reserve Command units in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will change missions under an Air Force fighter transition plan announced in July.All of the affected units are classic associate units that provide reservists to fly and maintain Regular Air Force aircraft and equipment. The plan

PHOTO ESSAY: 419th SFS trains on M4

During the August UTA, Airmen from the 419th Security Forces Squadron train on the M4 in preparation for the operational readiness exercise this week. View the slideshow.

IN FOCUS: Senior Airman Joseph Gualco

Public affairs recently sat down with Senior Airman Joseph Gualco from the 419th Maintenance Squadron as part a series highlighting wing Airmen. Airman Gualco is an aircraft metals technician and has been an Air Force Reservist for about a year. he was recently named 419th MXS Airman of the Quarter.

Hill AFB a ‘preferred alternative’ for F-35

Lighting flashed across northern Utah last week when the Air Force announced it was selecting Hill Air Force Base as a "preferred alternative" for operational basing of the F-35 Lighting II joint strike fighter.If selected, the 419th Fighter Wing and 388th Fighter Wing could expect to be the first

PHOTO ESSAY: Civil engineers seen off

About 30 Air Force Reserve civil engineers from the 419th Fighter Wing departed for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan July 31.

Hill reservists support Afghanistan troop surge

About 30 members of the 419th Fighter Wing's Civil Engineer Squadron will depart Saturday for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of the troop surge underway as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.The team of Air Force Reservists will be based at Bagram Airfield and will provide

Board seeks nominations for in-residence schools

The annual Air Force Reserve Developmental Education Designation Board will convene at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here in November to select Reserve officers for in-residence developmental education schools for the 2011-2012 academic year. The board will select qualified Airmen to attend

34th Fighter Squadron deactivated

PHOTO ESSAY: 67th aerial porters ramp up training

During the July UTA, Airmen in the 67th Aerial Port Squadron rehearsed procedures for loading and unloading a C-130 aircraft as part of a quarterly training plan.