419th LRS recieves new commander

Brig. Gen. Batinich bids farewell to wing

Since joining the 419th FW as a captain over 21 years ago my family and I have very proudly called the 419th our second home. Looking back, I never in my wildest dreams could have imagined that I would one day become your wing commander and subsequently receive a promotion to Brigadier General. I

Tickets still available for Air Force Ball

This year's Air Force Ball will be held at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Sep. 19. The night's guest speaker is Gen. Ronald Fogelman, and there will be a photographer on hand for those who would like to pay for pictures. Social hour begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Dress for

Air Force halts wing reorganization

Air Force leaders halted plans to perform a global wing restructure which was designed to realign fighter, bomber and rescue airlift maintenance units into flying squadrons. Maintenance and flying squadrons will remain separate and will continue doing business "as they have for the past four or five

Air Force Reserve to test force support squadron concept

The 419th Fighter Wing's support and services squadrons may be seeing some changes in the near future, according to new tests being tried by the Air Force Reserve Command. Starting in October, AFRC will test a new force support structure by merging mission support squadrons and services squadrons at

AF senior leaders address Hill Airmen

The acting secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff spoke to top leaders and several thousand airmen here Aug. 22. Michael Donley and Gen. Norton Schwartz brought a tone mixed with both optimism and practicality in their speeches to Airmen. "It's been two months and one day since

SECAF, CSAF stress 'back to basics'

The acting secretary and new chief of staff of the Air Force emphasized a "back-to-basics" approach to get the Air Force back on track in areas ranging from the nuclear enterprise to acquisition in an Aug. 12 press conference at the Pentagon. Secretary Michael Donley introduced Gen. Norton Schwartz,

New travel card to arrive this month for Hill personnel

Citibank officials will mail out new government travel charge cards beginning this week. Initial distribution will begin with cardholders at overseas locations and migrate from the west to the east coast. Reservists at Hill Air Force Base receive theirs by the end of August. The new cards will be

Hill takes TFI to Red Flag

Operations and maintenance personnel from Hill's fighter wings recently joined forces to participate in the advanced aerial combat training exercise known as Red Flag. The annual exercise was held at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Nellis Air Force Base, July 19 to Aug. 2. Nearly 230

Citizen Airmen gain avenue to joint credit

Procedures are now in place to allow Citizen Airmen to self-nominate for joint experience credit, Air Reserve Personnel Center officials said. ARPC received the necessary Reserve Component implementation guidance March 28 from the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. This interim