• Airman earns Bronze Star

    Col. Kathryn Kolbe, 75th Air Base Wing commander, awarded Lt. Col. William M. Villegas II, a Bronze Star Dec. 18 during a commander's call here.Villegas distinguished himself by exceptional meritorious service as a senior logistics advisor, mobile training team, Deputy Command-Support Operations,

  • Eligible officers, enlisted members offered early retirement

    Staff through senior master sergeants and captains through lieutenant colonels in certain Air Force Specialty Codes may apply to retire with fewer than 20 years of active service under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Commonly referred to as

  • Housing allowance to rise average of 5 percent

    The 2014 basic allowance for housing rates for service members released today represent an average increase of 5 percent, or up to $75 to $80 per month, the Defense Department's BAH program manager said.The new rates will take effect Jan. 1 at a cost of about $20 billion for the Defense Department

  • First Dutch F-35 pilot takes to skies

    The first Netherlands pilot took to the skies Dec. 18, in the F-35A Lightning II, making the Netherlands the second partner country to operate the fifth-generation multirole fighter.Maj. Laurens J.W. Vijge, the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 Integrated Training Center training lead, completed his

  • Air Force's newest leader takes charge

    The Air Force's 23rd Secretary of the Air Force was formally sworn in, Dec. 20, in the Pentagon.Deborah James assumed the position of the Air Force's highest ranking leader, making her the second female in Air Force history to serve in the role.As James takes on her new duties, she said she knows

  • Commentary: Reflect, then look forward

    This year has been one of many accomplishments and challenges for Hill AFB.The Air Logistics Complex inducted the first F-35 aircraft for depot level maintenance; the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings received confirmation they will fly the first operational F-35 aircraft in the United States Air Force;