• Paint shop at Hill AFB gives F-16 ‘spooky’ paint scheme

    Painters at Hill Air Force Base recently completed an elaborate makeover on an F-16 Fighting Falcon by giving it the now-popular “ghost” paint scheme. The 576th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron painted the jet at the request of the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, that

  • Team Hill Frontlines: Senior Airman Eduardo Marquez

    Senior Airman Eduardo Marquez works on the explosive ordnance disposal team in the 775 Civil Engineer Squadron. His main missions at Hill AFB are working the operational range clearance of seven major range complexes, aiding civil authorities in four-state response areas, and supporting the F-35

  • Female Airmen deployed from Hill team up for historic combat launch

    Historically, Air Force fighter pilots and maintainers were male, but the future looks a lot different as more and more females join the ranks of these career fields and make history while they do it.Recently, Capt. Emily "Banzai" Thompson, an F-35A Lightning II pilot, deployed from the 388th

  • Energy project powers Hill AFB resiliency

    The Air Force completed construction of a $42 million project recently that will improve energy efficiency and resiliency at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. AFCEC, in collaboration with the Defense Logistics Agency – Energy (DLA-E), awarded the contract to Energy Systems Group, the energy service

  • Air Force begins large detonations at Utah Test and Training Range

    The Air Force will begin large detonation operations at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) today and lasting through the end of September 2020. The detonations will occur two or three times a week and involve destroying the rocket motors and solid propellant of Air Force and Navy ballistic