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  • The national-level Lt. Gen. Wetekam Chapter of the Year award for the Logistics Officer Association

    Hill AFB wins LOA Chapter of the Year (Large)

    The Logistics Officer Association at Hill Air Force Base has won the association’s national-level Lt. Gen. Wetekam Chapter of the Year (Large) for its accomplishments in 2020.
  • Lt. Col. Joseph Michaels (center), 75th Operations Support Squadron commander, explains air traffic control operations to Utah Rep. Blake Moore and Hill leadership during a visit to the air traffic control tower at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 16, 2021.

    Congressman Moore visits Hill AFB

    The 75th Air Base Wing hosted Utah's U.S. Rep. Blake Moore for a tour of Hill AFB Feb. 16 to see how Team Hill executes its critical missions for the warfighter and employs combat power around the world.
  • Maj. Daniel Toftness, an Air Force Reserve pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, poses for a photo before for a flight Feb. 18 when he will reach 1,000 flying hours in the F-3A5 Lightning II.

    Reserve fighter pilot reaches 1,000 hours in F-35

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — A pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing became the Air Force Reserve’s first operational F-35 pilot to reach 1,000 flying hours in the Air Force's newest fighter jet here today. Maj. Daniel “Mental” Toftness joined the Reserve in August 2018 after 12 years on active duty. He now serves full time as an Air Reserve
  • Students practice compressions and rescue breaths in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, class Feb. 8, 2021, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The CPR class is one of the several classes still being offered during the pandemic with modifications from 75th Force Support Squadron's Education and Training Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    75th FSS continues to offer civilian education classes through the pandemic

    Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 75th Force Support Squadron Force Development’s Education and Training Center persevered and continued to safely offer several of its required classes to Hill Air Force Base employees.
  • Photo of F-35As at Red Flag

    Hill AFB pilots take on Red Flag’s ‘impossible to replicate’ scenarios with F-35A

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Hill Airmen recently returned from Red Flag 21-1, a large-scale, highly-complex Air Combat Command exercise in the Nevada desert.Approximately 200 Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron and Fighter Generation Squadron, alongside Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing, deployed 12 F-35As to Nellis Air
  • A photo of F-35 maintainers at Red Flag.

    34th FGS maintainers provide fifth-generation airpower at Red Flag

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Hill Airmen recently returned from Red Flag 21-1, a large-scale, highly-complex Air Combat Command exercise in the Nevada desert.Maintainers from the 34th Fighter Generation Squadron, alongside Reservists from the 466th Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed 12 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., from Jan.
  • The Recovery Coordination Program is executed out of the Air Force’s Personnel Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, and provides specialized services to Airmen who suffer a serious combat or non-combat related injury or illness requiring long-term care which could entail an Initial Review In-Lieu-Of, Medical or Physical Evaluation Board to determine overall fitness for duty. This program is accomplished with substantial assistance from strategically placed Recovery Care Coordinators who ensure wounded warriors receive the non-medical support needed throughout recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexx Pons)

    Air Force Wounded Warrior program serves injured and ill Airmen

    No other time than during the current pandemic has the Air Force’s mental health, family advocacy, and other support programs been so important. One program – the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program – has been essential in providing wounded, ill, and injured Airmen a place to turn for assistance.
  • Roland Alforque, 75th Security Forces Squadron, poses next to a Park University sigh at the Education Center.

    New Civilian College of the Air Force program to help some federal employees earn degrees

    Some federal civilian employees at Hill Air Force Base are now able to put skills learned through mandatory job training into credits that count toward an associate of applied science degree, and it’s all free.
  • Austin Lynnville, outdoor recreation clerk and ski technician, uses a ultra violet wand to sterilize ski equipment.

    Hill AFB Outdoor Recreation

    Austin Lynnville, outdoor recreation clerk and ski technician, uses an ultra violet wand to sterilize ski equipment Feb. 10, 2021, Hill Air Force Base Utah. Outdoor recreation offers a variety of winter sports equipment for sale or rent to Airmen for enjoyment and participation in activities available in the surrounding area including alpine skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, to name a few. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)
  • Students from military families receive scholarship grants each year as part of the Scholarship for Military Children program administered by the Fisher House Foundation and in partnership with the Defense Commissary Agency. In July 2018, Laura Biggs, Michael Neddo, Spencer Rolfson, McKenna Rowell and Chloe Titensor from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, were among the 700 students to receive $2,000 scholarships. (Courtesy graphic)

    Feb. 17 application deadline approaches for Scholarships for Military Children

    The Feb. 17 deadline to apply to the Scholarships for Military Children program, administered by the nonprofit Fisher House Foundation, is quickly approaching. A total of 500 scholarship grants, each for $2,000, will be awarded for the 2021-22 school year with at least one recipient selected at every commissary location where qualified applications are received.
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