• Hill Airman selected to play professional football

    From the time he was a child 2nd Lt. Chad Hall, 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit assistant officer in charge, has had a dream to be a professional athlete. That dream was achieved March 11 when he was selected and signed to play professional football as a wide receiver for the Philadelphia

  • Hill Airman and Family Readiness Center gets a new director

    He may be a newcomer, but Tom Badman, the Airman and Family Readiness Center's new director, is already hard at work to make Hill's AFRC an exceptional service provider for the base community."Our key goal is to assist every organization in becoming more mission capable, more mission ready," Badman

  • 309th Maintenance Wing senior master sergeant gets Bronze Star

    In recognition of his efforts during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Senior Master Sgt. Gary L. Meacham was presented the Bronze Star medal Feb. 24 by Brig. Gen. John Cooper, 309th Maintenance Wing commander.Meacham received the award for meritorious achievement as squadron superintendent of the 52nd

  • H1N1 vaccine next flu season also?

    The Food and Drug Administration's advisory committee is recommending including pandemic H1N1 into next flu season's vaccine.Committee members are agreeing that it's still somewhat early in the year to predict what may happen with the pandemic strain, but they agreed that pandemic H1N1's

  • Control and Command Post sweeps honors at MAJCOM

    Hill's Consolidated Command Post, or HCCP, took top honors at the Air Force Materiel Command level in the large Command Post category. The Command Post supports six wings and personnel from seven major commands at the base and is the largest AFMC command post.Senior Master Sgt. Robert L. Bush,

  • Heading down the "Right Track"

    The basement at the Hill Air Force Base Chapel was bustling with racing excitement Tuesday evening as children watched their handmade cars race down a sloped track.The Hill AFB Chapel Awana club hosted its second annual Grand Prix event March 2 to encourage fun and friendly competition among its