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April 30, 2025
388th Fighter Wing prioritizes Agile Combat Employment during home-station exercise

Last week, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing here completed a regional Agile Combat Employment exercise with the F-35A Lightning II, operating from forward and contingency locations.
Oct. 29, 2024
F-35 Enterprise International CDDAR Training Event at Volk Field: A New Era in Crash Recovery

In a global first, the F-35 Joint Program Office hosted an advanced Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR) Team Chief Course at Volk Field, Wisconsin.
Nov. 17, 2023
Breaking Barriers Together: Warriors over the Wasatch 2024

Hill AFB leaders and airshow officials are preparing now to make next year’s air show bigger and better by adding new demonstrations and by focusing on feedback received from 2022’s event. The 2024 air show, happening June 29-30, is centered around the Breaking Barriers Together theme, meaning we
June 7, 2023
AFMC innovation team revolutionizing stealth fighter fleet

An F-35 from the 461st Flight Test Squadron recently took flight at Edwards AFB with a complement of software applications developed by government and industry providers previously tested on the F-22 – demonstrating for the first time the ability to use the same tactical software applications on
Oct. 11, 2022
New life for restored F-35 jet leads to valuable emergency training

The 388th Maintenance Group recently hosted a first of its kind, F-35 crash recovery course here, using a newly-retired, now reassembled F-35A Lightning II. The F-35 Joint Program Office’s five-day Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery course included 29 maintainers from across the F-35
July 8, 2022
Progress made on a salvaged F-35’s, repurposed for training aids

Airmen here are currently involved in transforming a salvaged F-35A fuselage and F-35B cockpit into sectional training aids. Significant progress is being made on the two condemned aircraft, which were both involved in mishaps during the last several years, then scrapped after being considered

388th Fighter Wing prioritizes Agile Combat Employment during home-station exercise

F-35 Enterprise International CDDAR Training Event at Volk Field: A New Era in Crash Recovery

Breaking Barriers Together: Warriors over the Wasatch 2024

AFMC innovation team revolutionizing stealth fighter fleet

New life for restored F-35 jet leads to valuable emergency training

Progress made on a salvaged F-35’s, repurposed for training aids