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  • Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing salute during a procession for 1st Lt. Kenneth "Kage" Allen, a fellow Utahn and Air Force pilot killed in an F-15 crash earlier this month.

    419th reservists honor fallen Air Force pilot

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Last week, Air Force reservists in the 419th Fighter Wing helped welcome home the remains of 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen, a Utahn and Air Force pilot killed this month in an F-15C crash off the coast of England.  About a dozen 419th reservists joined hundreds of other local military and community members along various
  • During the 1960s and 70s, Utah's Air Force Reserve unit built an enduring friendship with the Navajo. For a time, one of the unit’s C-124 aircraft sported a stylized mural of the Advent of Christ painted by Navajo students from the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, Utah.

    In History: Wing looks back on friendship with Navajo

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Humanitarian projects have always been a part of the unit’s history. Before the wing began flying fighters, its era of cargo aircraft offered numerous opportunities to fly passengers and cargo across the world, often delivering vital supplies following natural disasters or other crises.In 1962, Utah reservists launched
  • Senior Airman Matthew Hicks, 419th Maintenance Squadron

    IN FOCUS: Senior Airman Matthew Hicks

    The “In Focus” series is a monthly feature that puts the spotlight on some of the 419th Fighter Wing’s best and brightest Reserve Citizen Airmen. Find it on Instagram @419fwLife as a reservist can be a juggling act, and being a father of four is also no easy feat. Combine the two and you get the life of Senior Airman Matthew Hicks from the 419th
  • Capt. Andrea Morgan (right), a reservist in the 419th Medical Squadron, poses with a coworker during a deployment to New York City at the height of the city's coronavirus pandemic in April.

    419th medics return from COVID-19 response effort in NYC

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Medics from the 419th Fighter Wing who deployed to support the COVID-19 response effort in New York City in early in April are now home.  Return deployers Capt. Andrea Morgan and Maj. Jimmy Jones, both nurse practitioners, and Maj. Katherine Trout, a registered nurse, recently returned home and completed a two-week
  • Air Force reservists in the 419th Force Support Squadron raced to set up a field kitchen during the Unit Training Assembly at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, June 7.

    Reservists in 419 FSS train for deployed scenario

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Air Force reservists in the 419th Force Support Squadron raced to set up a field kitchen during the Unit Training Assembly here June 7.The reservists are trained to quickly assemble the tents as a group, using teamwork to build working facilities from the ground up, just as they would when deployed to austere
  • A photo of the 34th Fighter Squadron homecoming from deployment.

    Final Airmen, aircraft from Hill fighter wings return home

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The final groups of Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings returned home this week following a six-month deployment to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.The largest group of approximately 200 Airmen returned to Hill AFB on late-night flight Sunday evening, while most of the aircraft
  • Due to COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings, the new 419th Fighter Wing commander, Col. Matthew "Eddie" Fritz, addresses wing personnel via video from the Hill Air Force Base flightline

    Fritz takes command of 419 FW

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – During this weekend’s monthly Unit Training Assembly, the 419th Fighter Wing will welcome new commander, Col. Matthew "Eddie" Fritz. Fritz previously served as commander for the 44th Fighter Group, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. He replaced Col. Regina "Torch" Sabric, who had served as commander since April 2018. Due
  • F-35 arrival ADAB

    Photos: Airmen, F-35s from Hill arrive at ADAB

    The 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 30, 2020. Their mission is to support and deploy the F-35 Lightning II and to continue the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's capabilities of delivering combat airpower, defending the region, and developing relations with regional
  • An Airman works on an F-35A canopy.

    Hill F-35 maintainers speed egress inspection, servicing

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Westover, a reservist in the 419th Fighter Wing, and Staff Sgt. Cameron Weston from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing, are Hill’s first fully qualified egress technicians. Their efforts are improving aircraft availability numbers by decreasing downtime in the process for inspecting and servicing
  • Tech. Sgt. Steven Wright, a fuels technician in the 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron, cuts out masks prior to his wife sewing them at their home in Nibley, Utah

    419th family makes masks to protect community from COVID-19

    NIBLEY, Utah -- Trace, cut, sew, send, repeat – that’s what April 2020 looked like for Tech. Sgt. Steven Wright and his family.Out of their basement in Nibley, Utah, the family of five spent around four hours every day since late March making masks for the local Air Force community, and also those in need around the country.“It’s not about charging
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