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May is Mental Health Awareness month
May is Mental Health Awareness month. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI, brings national awareness to mental health providing support, education and advocacy for mental health while combating the stigma associated with it. This year’s theme is “Cure Stigma.”
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5/04
2018
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Hill hosts annual meeting with American Indian tribes
Hill Air Force Base hosted its annual government-to-government meeting and cultural exchange April 19-20 with members of several American Indian Tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by Department of Defense agencies in Utah.
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5/04
2018
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Alpha Warrior trains trainers in using equipment, expanding fitness options
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Fitness center staffs and physical training leaders across the Air Force will soon be armed with the knowledge they need to help warfighters make better use of Alpha Warrior obstacle training equipment at their installations. Alpha Warrior, built around a unique apparatus, challenges Airmen as they tackle
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5/04
2018
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F-16 Service Life Extension Program a ‘great deal’ for Department of Defense, taxpayers
An Air Force Thunderbird jet is the first of what will be roughly 300 refurbished C and D model F-16’s that will roll off the shop floor of the 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here after receiving multiple structure-strengthening modifications.
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5/03
2018
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Hill firefighters rescue 9 baby ducks from storm drain
Nine “lucky ducks” were reunited with their parents May 2. Firefighters were called to a parking lot near building 430 on 6th Street to rescue baby ducks stuck in a storm drain.
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5/03
2018
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Reservist provides ‘Arctic Care’ in remote Alaska
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – A 419th Fighter Wing reservist spent two weeks in remote regions of northwest Alaska last month, providing eye care to locals with limited access to medical resources. Senior Airman Elliott Bull, optometry journeyman in the 419th Medical Squadron, deployed as part of Arctic Care 2018, a DOD-sponsored program that takes
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5/02
2018
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Firefighters prescribe controlled burns for Hill
Passers-by may have seen flames and smoke on the east side of the base April 27. A team of base firefighters conducted a controlled burn on a small section of the Base Operations and Readiness Training, or BORTA, area.
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5/02
2018
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New ‘VR’ flight simulators join Hill’s F-35 fleet
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Two new virtual reality F-35 simulators are currently under construction at Hill. The highly advanced systems are surrounded by an 11-foot-tall translucent dome, positioned in a blackened room to ensure pilots have a realistic sensory experience, while 25 projectors display a 365-degree image around them while in
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5/01
2018
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Air Force ramps up flying ICU teams
When the U.S. military needs to transport critically injured patients by air, it calls on Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Teams. The Air Force is increasing CCATT capabilities to meet the needs of the warfighter.
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4/30
2018
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Tuskegee legacy remembered
The historic, barrier-breaking experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen were presented to an audience of more than 200 people April 20 at the Hill Aerospace Museum.
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4/27
2018
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