• F-35A maintainers at Hill training for more combat flexibility

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The 388th Maintenance Group is using two programs to train multi-capable Airmen, maintainers who will provide more combat flexibility with the F-35A Lightning II.As the first active-duty, combat-coded F-35A unit in the Air Force with multiple European, Pacific and Middle

  • Hill Airman Finds Solace in Cars

    Pantera plays faintly in the background as metal clangs against metal. A dim shop light paints the bare drywall and Brandon can see his breath, even with the garage door shut. “The stress relief of tuning out the world and turning wrenches is unlike anything else,” said Staff Sgt. Brandon Bunn, a

  • Agile BOLT maintenance team supports F-35A deployment

    AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy – Maintainers in an innovative 388th Maintenance Group program have taken two huge steps while developing a program that continues to push and streamline F-35A Lightning II sustainment.These “BOLT” maintainers are currently deployed alongside the 421st Aircraft Maintenance

  • Hill jet mechanic SOARs to full-time college scholarship

    A Hill aerospace propulsion journeyman will step away from his Air Force career in August, with the goal of returning as a Space Operations Officer after spending four years at the University of Utah. Senior Airman Jared Timmons with the 388th Maintenance Squadron received a commissioning

  • Hill maintainers support F-35A first Asia appearance during Seoul ADEX 17

    Twenty-seven Hill maintainers and accompanying support equipment loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 13, bound for Northeast Asia’s largest air show to support the F-35A’s first time on Asian soil.Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, also known as Seoul ADEX 17, offers a venue