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    Mobile devices and OPSEC

    Mobile devices are being introduced into the Department of Defense at an astonishing rate. The Defense Logistics Agency defines mobile devices as a wireless-enabled portable device. These include but are not limited to iPhones, iPads and tablets.
  • The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) during its spring session April 8, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The SAB is made up of some the nation’s leading experts in science, technology and engineering and provides advice on matters of science and technology relating to the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

    Scientific Advisory Board holds spring board at Hill

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah—The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) reviewed its current studies, toured units and met Airmen from April 8-11 during its spring board meeting here.
  • Airmen in the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates this week to support the Air Force Central Command mission. (United States Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Hill Airmen depart for F-35A’s first Middle East deployments

    Airmen from the active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing here deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, to support the United States Air Force Central Command mission in the Middle East. The aircraft arrived in country April 15.
  • The unofficial unit Air Force Central Command Depot Liaison Engineering patch rests on a desk within the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group April 11, 2019.

    DLE – Why the middle man?

    The 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group hosts one of only five Depot Liaison Engineer (DLE) positions within the Air Force Central Command area of responsibility.
  • Forrest Brown (second from left), and other members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers professional organization, met with Utah’s U.S. Rep. John Curtis (center) in Washington D.C. April 3, 2019. The group discussed issues important to the economy and ways for the nation to stay ahead of world competition. (Courtesy photo)

    Utah engineer advocates for R&D

    Forrest Brown, an engineer employed at Hill Air Force Base, met with Utah’s U.S. elected officials and staff recently in Washington D.C. to discuss issues important to the nation in keeping a competitive edge.
  • Hanscom is hanging out the help wanted sign, and seeking 75 engineers at multiple air force bases nationwide. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lance Beebe)

    Hanscom hangs out ‘help wanted’ sign for engineers

    Program Executive Office Digital has about 40 engineering vacancies at six locations, and PEO Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks has about 35 engineering vacancies at three locations. The federal hiring process requires a longer onboarding timeline than private industry, so Lee’s office must get creative to recruit and land the best candidates in a tight job market.
  • Gen Schaefer at the NMUSAF

    Innovation: Fad or Foundation?

    To launch the Air Force Materiel Command Year of Innovation campaign, Air Force Maj. Gen. Carl Schaefer, AFMC deputy commander, offers his perspectives on innovation and the innovation culture required to research, develop, test, field and sustain Air Force systems and platforms to outpace the adversary.

  • Air Force announces selection process for officer instructor and recruiting special duty assignments

    The Air Force announced that beginning in April 2019, officers will be screened and selected for formal instructor and recruiting special duty positions April 10.
  • Captain Christina Merritt, 34th Air Maintenance Unit, meets retired Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski during a visit to the 388th Maintenance Group at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Merritt is the first woman to lead an operational F-35A maintenance unit, and during her Air Force career, Gabreski was the first woman to lead an operational F-16 AMU, which also stood up at Hill. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Maintaining a legacy

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- This week, the 388th Maintenance Group hosted retired Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski as part of a visit to Hill Air Force Base from the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.During the visit, Gabreski, who was the first woman to lead an operational F-16 aircraft maintenance unit, met Capt. Christina Merritt, who decades later
  • Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, copilot to Jimmy Doolittle during the Doolittle Raid, smiles as he honors the U.S. flag during the singing of the National Anthem at an airshow in Burnet, Texas. Cole was honored by the community and guests as the only remaining military service member alive from the April 18, 1942, Doolittle Raid.

    Lt. Col. Dick Cole, last surviving Doolittle Raider, passes away at age 103

    A legendary chapter in Air Force history has come to a close. Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole, the last survivor of the “Doolittle Raid,” died April 9, in San Antonio.
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