• Hill Airmen, 4th EFS provide eyes in the sky in Afghanistan

    Members of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group here prepared F-16 Fighting Falcons and secured the skies of Afghanistan during a mission Jan. 9.The F-16 is a multi-role fighter aircraft that provides air

  • 419th civil engineers home after six-month deployment

    A group of reservists from the 419th Civil Engineer Squadron returned home this week after a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia.While overseas, about 20 Airmen from the CES performed base maintenance and ensured the troops had quality living and work areas."We responded to service calls for

  • Bright idea: Engineer honored for lighting initiative, energy savings

    Hill recently honored an engineer for his energy saving efforts, an Air Force priority.Trent Tholen, an electrical engineer and senior project manager assigned to the 309th Maintenance Support Squadron, improved working conditions and created energy savings simultaneously.He worked with process and

  • Reservist awarded Airman's Medal for act of heroism

    The Airman's Medal for a heroic act outside a combat situation was awarded to Master Sgt. Gregory Bartel, specialist flight chief for the 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, here today.On the morning of June 16, 2013, Bartel and his family were attending worship services at St. James the Just