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  • President George W. Bush speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for the Tuskegee Airmen Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the U.S. Capitol. Said the President, “The Tuskegee Airmen helped win a war, and you helped change our nation for the better. Yours is the story of the human spirit, and it ends like all great stories do – with wisdom and lessons and hope for tomorrow.” White House photo by Eric Draper

    Hill airman reflects on legacy of grandfather; a Tuskegee Airman

    Editors note: This is the second in a series of articles celebrating the Air Force's 60th Anniversary. As the first black pilots, Tuskegee Airman helped shape the Air Force as it is today. For most history is something that is just read about in books, but one Hill Air Force Base Airmen has a living connection to those who made Air Force history.
  • Assisted by Stan Martindale, facility work leader, Mr. Fowles applies the automotive body filler to a wooden block that will help form the splash mold. Photo by Bill Orndorff

    Wood shop key player in aircraft repair work

    Within the 309th Maintenance Support Group, a team of pattern makers are trained and equipped to build a variety of wood products, ranging from tables and shipping containers to molds that help reinforce airplane wings. The Pattern Making/Wood Products Support Element produces items that benefit aircraft production lines and other areas within the
  • Gen. Kevin Sullivan, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander presents LeAna Lipari with a coin for her special contribution to the Air Force Assistance Fund. Photo by Efrain Gonzalez

    Making a difference

    Her own 25-year love story has prompted a local woman to do her part to help young Airmen. When LeAna Lipari, an 85-year-old Layton resident, learned of the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, she decided to make a donation to honor her late husband, Sam. "I just felt like it was for my husband," Mrs. Lipari said. "He was such a special person. He
  • Tamera Wass and Kathy Blake, get their long hair transformed into short hair to donate it to Locks of Love and support their friend Tammy Smith (center) who recently won a battle with cancer.

    Hill members shed hair in show of support

    As the scissors cut through the long ponytails of Team Hill members Tech. Sgt. Tamara Wass and Chief Master Sgt. Kathy Blake, the smiles on their faces, and those who surrounded them, beamed. These where no ordinary haircuts, but a way to support their friend, Tammy Smith, Ogden Air Logistics Center employee relations specialist, who recently

  • February serves as a reminder for kid’s dental health

    With February designated as National Children's Dental Health Month, now is a good time to make sure kids have regular checkups and are brushing two to three times a day. According to the American Dental Association, the annual observance of children's dental health began as a one-day event in Cleveland, Ohio on Feb. 3, 1941. The American Dental
  • (Left to right) Master Sgts. Terrell Murray and Craig Colby, both 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant first sergeants, serve lunch Wednesday, along with Hannelore Crawford, Hillcrest Dining Facility employee, to Tech. Sgt. Norman Kososki, 419th Fighter Wing. Hill Air Force Base first sergeants serve Airmen lunch at the dining facility on the third Wednesday of each month.

    Finding a new rhythm

    An unknown virus found its way to him like the plague and tried to take his life as it attacked his heart. "I thought I was just coming down with something from the flu shot I had about a week before," said Master Sgt. Terrell Murray, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant first sergeant, as he described the events that lead up to the moment
  • Viper West Airmen perform an F-16 combat capability demonstration for General Ronald E. Keys, Air Combat Command commander, during a certification here in January. The team is one of two, single-ship F-16 demonstration teams in ACC and performed in its first international airshow of the season Feb. 17-18 in Lima, Peru.

    Viper West season takes off

    Air Combat Command's West Coast F-16, Fighting Falcon, Demonstration Team, better known as Viper West, began its 2007 season Jan. 31 in Tucson, Ariz. The team will performed Feb. 17 and 18 at the Falcon and Condor Airshow in Lima, Peru. During Peru's first international airshow, Viper West provided static displays, aerial demonstrations and
  • Lead fitness instructor, Devin Gongora teaches aerobics at the Hill fitness center.

    Hill instructor uses fitness to fight disease

    "Are you guys ready?" shouts Devin Gongora, before warming up her aerobics class at the Hill fitness center. Members of her class know that this fit, perky redhead can get their heart rate going, but what most don't know is that she has Multiple Sclerosis. MS is a disease that affects the central nervous system. Those with the disease can

  • Hill tops federal agencies in CFC donations

    Hill topped other federal agencies in Utah, and parts of Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming by raising $1.06 million for the 2006 Combined Federal Campaign. Federal workers throughout Utah, western Colorado, southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming raised a record $2.86 million dollars in 2006 to support local, national and international charitable causes
  • Teri Gibby, the Hill Innovation Development Through Employee Awareness Program manager

    Hill is full of ideas – literally.

    For as long as Teri Gibby, the Hill Innovation Development Through Employee Awareness Program manager, can remember Hill has led the Air Force in ideas submitted and put into use by Team Hill members. "Last year we had 879 ideas submitted and 425 of those were approved," she said. The slogan of the IDEA program -- as it's better known to its users
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