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  • 67th aerial porters join Patriot Warrior exercise at Grissom

    Eight reservists from the wing's 67th Aerial Port Squadron put their training to the test during the Patriot Warrior exercise at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. Patriot Warrior, which kicked off April 25 and runs through May 17, is a joint field training exercise for theater aeromedical

  • SLIDESHOW: Wing completes annual tour to Eglin AFB

    Pilots, maintainers, and support personnel from the 419th Fighter Wing completed their two-week annual tour training alongside their counterparts in various units across Eglin AFB from April 20 to May 2. View the slideshow.

  • Hill pilots train with 85th TES at Eglin AFB

    Pilots from Hill Air Force Base's 419th and 388th Fighter Wings spent the last two weeks flying and training alongside pilots from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron here.Hill pilots had a chance to train alongside F-16s and F-15s from the 85th TES. The reservists, here as part of their two-week

  • 419th reservists train to fuel F-35

    During their two-week annual training here, reservists from the 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron were certified to refuel the F-35A Lightning II in preparation for the jet's arrival to Hill AFB in fall 2015."The opportunity to have this sneak peek into the refueling process of an F-35 will reduce

  • SLIDESHOW: Hill fighter wings prep to receive F-35A

    The 419th Fighter Wing annual training here is providing reservists and their active-duty counterparts in the 388th FW with immersion training on the Air Force's newest fighter jet, the F-35A Lightning II. View the slideshowAirmen from Hill's fighter wings, including pilots, maintainers,

  • Hill's F-16s take first flights alongside F-35s

    F-16 pilots from Hill's 419th and 388th Fighter Wings took to the skies here this morning for their first training missions alongside the F-35A Lightning II, the Air Force's newest fighter aircraft. Hill's F-16s flew air-to-air combat training missions with F-35As assigned to Eglin's 33rd Fighter

  • Deployed Airmen return to families, jobs in Utah

    More than 130 Airmen from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings returned home Tuesday after a four-month deployment to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.About 70 other Reserve and active-duty personnel, including 10 F-16s, returned to Hill over Easter weekend.During the deployment, pilots, maintainers

  • Reservists mobilize for annual training

    419th Fighter Wing reservists load onto a C-130 Hercules bound for Eglin AFB, Fla., April 19. The mission to Eglin AFB is the first time the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings will participate in a collaborative training effort in support of the F-35A program. More than 200 Airmen from the fighter wings,

  • Utah forces team up for Operation Lone Survivor

    Air Force Reserve and National Guard personnel from Utah put their search and rescue skills to the test during a training exercise dubbed "Operation Lone Survivor" in the rocky terrain of Utah's west desert Saturday.Watch the video here. Military personnel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 419th

  • Utah Guard's top commander takes to skies for F-16 mission

    Lt. Col. Chris Robinson (right), 419th Fighter Wing pilot, and Maj. Gen. Jefferson Burton, adjutant general of the Utah National Guard, make final preparations for an F-16 flight over the Utah Test and Training Range April 12. During the flight, Burton learned about the wide range of training