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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  • 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

  • Registration open for Employer Appreciation Day July 12

    Registration is open for the 419th Fighter Wing's Employer Appreciation Day set for July 12. Wing reservists may register themselves and one employer by sending an email to 419fw.pa@us.af.mil with the below information provided in full. Please note:  incomplete registrations will not be

  • Hiring Our Heroes job fair coming to Layton May 15

    A Hiring Our Heroes job fair will be held May 15 at Layton's Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. 700 W. This free event offers employment opportunities to reservists, guardsmen, veterans, and spouses. Registration information can be found at here. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features

  • Congress reviews Air Force budget plans

    Senior Air Force leaders were on Capitol Hill to testify and answer questions about funding priorities and fleet reductions announced in early March as part of the FY15 Air Force budget request. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) led the hearing at the Senate Appropriations

  • Boy meets pilot

    Jacob Ogden, an eighth-grader at Legacy Junior High School in Layton, gets an F-16 101 from Lt. Col. Paul "Buster" Delmonte, an F-16 pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing. The two recently met by chance when Ogden, 14, saw Delmonte wearing his flight suit in a doctor's waiting room. Ogden approached him,

  • Airmen must revalidate dependents

    By Dec. 31, every Airman will be required to provide their servicing finance office with documentation for all dependents as part of Air Force audit readiness efforts.This one-time, Air Force-wide recertification process will allow the Air Force to validate Airmen's basic allowance for housing

  • CMSAF Cody talks force management, EPR reform with Hill Airmen

    Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Cody shared his insights about enlisted evaluation system reform, force management programs and other important issues during a visit March 14-15 to Hill AFB, Utah. Cody toured the base with his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, and spoke at

  • IN FOCUS: Senior Airman Fabiola Choto

    Senior Airman Fabiola Choto is a traffic management officer in the 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron. Her father served in the El Salvador military before he came to the U.S. in pursuit of a more stable family life, but Choto never saw herself following in his footsteps. Today, she's served for

  • Defense budget proposal affects Air Force Reserve units

    The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal 2015 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve.If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would increase the number of Reserve fighter wings equipped with F-16 fighters, create a classic associate B-1 bomber group, increase