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  • Air Force logo on a blue background with headline announcing FY21 Force Management updates

    USAF offers limited service commitment waivers, extends PALACE CHASE; application window now open until June 1, 2021

    The Department of the Air Force will implement several voluntary officer and enlisted force management programs for fiscal year 2021, including an expanded PALACE CHASE program and limited Active Duty Service Commitment waivers.
  • Construction crews work on buildings in the Roy Innovation Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 24, 2021. The area is the future site of Northrup Grumman's headquarters for supporting DoD's Ground Based Stategic Deterrent program. Several other buildings are in planning as part an Enhanced Use Lease program. An EUL allows the Air Force to lease underutilized land to a private entity. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Enhanced Use Lease program continues to thrive

    Many construction projects are either underway or are being planned on and around Hill Air Force Base, as development continues as part of an Enhanced Use Lease program known as Falcon Hill.
  • The national-level Lt. Gen. Wetekam Chapter of the Year award for the Logistics Officer Association

    Hill AFB wins LOA Chapter of the Year (Large)

    The Logistics Officer Association at Hill Air Force Base has won the association’s national-level Lt. Gen. Wetekam Chapter of the Year (Large) for its accomplishments in 2020.
  • After four years of review, the Department of the Air Force publication reduction initiative introduced in 2017 by then Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein is nearing a close. As of February 2021, 506 publications have been rescinded, 854 have been updated and 66 are currently in formal coordination with only 23 publications awaiting review. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)

    Reduction initiative axes 506 publications, aims to empower leaders

    In a letter dated Aug. 29, 2018, the Secretary of the Air Force, CSAF and the Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force explained their desire to empower commanders at all levels to use their best judgement when making decisions to accomplish the mission.
  • Lt. Col. Joseph Michaels (center), 75th Operations Support Squadron commander, explains air traffic control operations to Utah Rep. Blake Moore and Hill leadership during a visit to the air traffic control tower at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 16, 2021.

    Congressman Moore visits Hill AFB

    The 75th Air Base Wing hosted Utah's U.S. Rep. Blake Moore for a tour of Hill AFB Feb. 16 to see how Team Hill executes its critical missions for the warfighter and employs combat power around the world.
  • Maj. Daniel Toftness, an Air Force Reserve pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, poses for a photo before for a flight Feb. 18 when he will reach 1,000 flying hours in the F-3A5 Lightning II.

    Reserve fighter pilot reaches 1,000 hours in F-35

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — A pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing became the Air Force Reserve’s first operational F-35 pilot to reach 1,000 flying hours in the Air Force's newest fighter jet here today. Maj. Daniel “Mental” Toftness joined the Reserve in August 2018 after 12 years on active duty. He now serves full time as an Air Reserve
  • Students practice compressions and rescue breaths in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, class Feb. 8, 2021, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The CPR class is one of the several classes still being offered during the pandemic with modifications from 75th Force Support Squadron's Education and Training Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    75th FSS continues to offer civilian education classes through the pandemic

    Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 75th Force Support Squadron Force Development’s Education and Training Center persevered and continued to safely offer several of its required classes to Hill Air Force Base employees.
  • Photo of F-35As at Red Flag

    Hill AFB pilots take on Red Flag’s ‘impossible to replicate’ scenarios with F-35A

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Hill Airmen recently returned from Red Flag 21-1, a large-scale, highly-complex Air Combat Command exercise in the Nevada desert.Approximately 200 Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron and Fighter Generation Squadron, alongside Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing, deployed 12 F-35As to Nellis Air
  • A photo of F-35 maintainers at Red Flag.

    34th FGS maintainers provide fifth-generation airpower at Red Flag

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Hill Airmen recently returned from Red Flag 21-1, a large-scale, highly-complex Air Combat Command exercise in the Nevada desert.Maintainers from the 34th Fighter Generation Squadron, alongside Reservists from the 466th Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed 12 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., from Jan.
  • The Recovery Coordination Program is executed out of the Air Force’s Personnel Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, and provides specialized services to Airmen who suffer a serious combat or non-combat related injury or illness requiring long-term care which could entail an Initial Review In-Lieu-Of, Medical or Physical Evaluation Board to determine overall fitness for duty. This program is accomplished with substantial assistance from strategically placed Recovery Care Coordinators who ensure wounded warriors receive the non-medical support needed throughout recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexx Pons)

    Air Force Wounded Warrior program serves injured and ill Airmen

    No other time than during the current pandemic has the Air Force’s mental health, family advocacy, and other support programs been so important. One program – the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program – has been essential in providing wounded, ill, and injured Airmen a place to turn for assistance.
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