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  • Guests tour the “The C-130 Experience” located inside the Hill Aerospace Museum May 14, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The museum worked with base and community partners for several years to convert the C-130 aircraft fuselage into an interactive classroom. Visitors can now sit in the pilot’s seat, push buttons, flip switches and turn the dials. The complete experience will include all of the sights, sounds and smells of a real C-130 mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

    'The C-130 Experience' takes flight at the Hill Aerospace Museum

    The Hill Aerospace Museum has completed the first of its kind, conversion of a C-130 aircraft fuselage into an interactive classroom. The C-130 is the museum’s fifth learning center classroom and was officially opened during a ceremony May 14.
  • A 311th Fighter Squadron F-16 Viper taxis before takeoff, April 24, 2019, on Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Between April 22 and May 3, the 311th FS conducted 174 sorties in support of student pilot training and dissimilar air combat training with the F-35 Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs)

    Venom 19-01

    In response to Air Force senior leader priorities, Holloman Air Force Base’s 311th Fighter Squadron put their readiness and lethality to the test by deploying to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for dissimilar air combat training with the F-35 Lightning II, April 22 to May 3, 2019.Over 200 personnel, 16 F-16 Vipers and millions of dollars in equipment
  • The Air Force Special Ops "Air Commando Experience" exhibit during the Golden Spike Sesquicentennial Celebration May 10, 2019, at Promontory Summit, Utah. The celebration was supported by Air Force Recruiting Service and the Hill Air Force Base STEM Outreach program. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Air Force takes part in Transcontinental Railroad’s 150th anniversary

    Air Force recruiters and volunteers were among the thousands who gathered May 10-11 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Golden Spike National Historic Park.
  • Tech. Sgt. Adrian Villa, 419th Fighter Wing, places a flag with her daughter, Presley Wigman, May 26, 2018, at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Camp Williams, Utah. Several Airmen from Hill Air Force Base participated in the annual flag laying event over Memorial Day weekend. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Memorial Day: What’s open and closed at Hill

    Hill Air Force Base will celebrate an AFMC Family Day May 24 and Memorial Day May 27. Many offices and services will be closed or have limited hours.
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    Changes to Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers effective July 2019

    The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children.

  • Leadership course sets junior officers up for success

    Nearly 25 junior officers attended a professional development course here April 22-25. The Lieutenant Professional Development Program, or LPDP, curriculum serves as a way to bridge the professional development gap between an officer’s commissioning source and when they attend Squadron Officer School.
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- James Briggs, Air Force Test Center, strategic initiatives, shared his one-page strategy for continuous transformation during the Innovation Share and Connect Workshop May 1 in Niceville, Fla. Innovation activities tie closely into the Air Force Materiel Command drive towards maintaining a culture of Continual Process Improvement throughout the command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

    CPI office augments mission effectiveness, efficiency

    The Air Force Materiel Command Continued Process Improvement program leverages Airmen innovation and new technologies to create a continuous cycle of process improvement and change in the service culture. The goal of the program is to improve mission execution while reducing costs, which ultimately maximizes customer, i.e. taxpayer, value of the force.
  • Maj. David Abel, 311th Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, left, and 2nd Lt. Sean Stegmoller, 54th Operations Support Squadron intelligence officer, right, display the 311th Fighter Squadron’s “Fangs Out” symbol during a familiarization flight, May 2, 2019, on Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Abel was assigned to the 311th FS for his F-16 Basic Course, and graduated from the 311th FS a second time after completing the instructor pilot course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs)

    Viper pilot graduates from 311th FS for the second time

    As the old cliché goes, ‘it’s a small world and it’s an even smaller Air Force.’ This weathered phrase proved true for Maj. David Abel, the 311th Fighter Squadron’s newest instructor pilot.On April 23, 2019, the opening day of exercise Venom 19-01, Abel flew the final sortie of his instructor pilot upgrade training.“It was nerve wracking, it was
  • (Left to right) Airman 1st Class Zack Davis and Senior Airman Ashley Carey, both 649th Munitions Squadron, assist a fifth grade student with building a simulated space habitat during ‘Mission to Mars’ at Weber State University May 2, 2019. Mission to Mars is facilitated by Hill Air Force Base as part of the STEM Outreach Program, which partners with local school teachers by providing a curriculum, materials and events to teach STEM-related subjects in a creative and fun environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

    Elementary students experience successful ‘Mission to Mars’

    Hill Air Force Base and Weber State University brought nearly 300 fifth-grade students from local elementary schools to the WSU campus to participate in the annual Mission to Mars link-up day May 2.
  • A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II pilot meets a crew chief April 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

    First F-35A sortie during Middle East deployment

    F-35A Lightning IIs from the active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing deployed to the middle east flew their first sortie April 26.
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