• 388th FW Airmen fly in three-nation F-35 exercise

    Airmen deployed to the Middle East from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, flew alongside F-35 Lightning IIs from the United Kingdom and Israel during Exercise Tri-Lightning, which took place over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, June 25, 2019.Tri-Lightning was a one-day defensive

  • 388th Fighter Wing welcomes new commander

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The 388th Fighter Wing here received a new commander today as Col. Steven G. Behmer assumed command of the Air Force’s only operational F-35A Lightning II unit.“We will continue to make sure this wing is singularly focused on deploying combat power,” Behmer said. “It’s

  • Views from the fishbowl: Getting to know the new AFMC commander

    The first thing that Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. placed on his desk when he arrived at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters was not a nameplate, laptop or a to-do list for his first few days in office.Rather, it was a clear glass fishbowl containing a single orange goldfish with wide eyes

  • AFSC commander visits OO-ALC

    Lt. Gen. Donald Kirkland, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, visits with Airmen from the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group's Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight during his visit to Hill Air Force Base, June 19, 2019. Members of the unit travel the world as the Air Force's sole source for