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    Hill-based AFLCMC team airlifts to repair Holloman F-16s during COVID-19 pandemic

    To maintain mission readiness and using a team approach amidst COVID-19 travel restrictions, maintenance professionals and engineers from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, performed depot-level repairs on three 49th Wing aircraft at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
  • Lt. Col. Beau “Strap” Wilkins, 514th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, flies a low approach over taxiway Alpha in an unpainted U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcon during a functional check flight at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 1, 2019 (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

    514th FLTS soars skies over northern Utah

    Utahns have seen the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and C-130 Hercules aircraft flying around Hill Air Force Base and the Ogden-Salt Lake City area. However, what many people may not realize is a majority of these aircraft are flown by the pilots and aircrew from the 514th Flight Test Squadron at Hill AFB.
  • A photo of UAE and US aircraft flying together.

    US, UAE fly to build interoperability

    The U.S Air Force and the United Arab Emirates Air Force join together for a partnering flight in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility. This flight was conducted to build military-to-military relationships and interoperability with the UAE.
  • A 311th Fighter Squadron F-16 Viper taxis before takeoff, April 24, 2019, on Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Between April 22 and May 3, the 311th FS conducted 174 sorties in support of student pilot training and dissimilar air combat training with the F-35 Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs)

    Venom 19-01

    In response to Air Force senior leader priorities, Holloman Air Force Base’s 311th Fighter Squadron put their readiness and lethality to the test by deploying to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for dissimilar air combat training with the F-35 Lightning II, April 22 to May 3, 2019.Over 200 personnel, 16 F-16 Vipers and millions of dollars in equipment
  • Maj. David Abel, 311th Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, left, and 2nd Lt. Sean Stegmoller, 54th Operations Support Squadron intelligence officer, right, display the 311th Fighter Squadron’s “Fangs Out” symbol during a familiarization flight, May 2, 2019, on Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Abel was assigned to the 311th FS for his F-16 Basic Course, and graduated from the 311th FS a second time after completing the instructor pilot course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs)

    Viper pilot graduates from 311th FS for the second time

    As the old cliché goes, ‘it’s a small world and it’s an even smaller Air Force.’ This weathered phrase proved true for Maj. David Abel, the 311th Fighter Squadron’s newest instructor pilot.On April 23, 2019, the opening day of exercise Venom 19-01, Abel flew the final sortie of his instructor pilot upgrade training.“It was nerve wracking, it was
  • An F-35A taxis during a combat exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 1, 2019. The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing, along with F-16 units from Holloman AFB, New Mexico, and Kunsan Air Base, Korea, conducted an integrated combat exercise where maintainers were tasked to continually provide ready aircraft and pilots took off in waves to simulate a large force engagement with enemy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Hill fighter wings conduct combat exercise

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings conducted an integrated combat capability exercise April 30-May 2.The friendly and enemy forces were made up of F-35s from Hill, F-16s from the 311th Fighter Squadron at Holloman AFB, New Mexico and 80th FS at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, and a team of contracted
  • F-16s during a combat exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 1, 2019. The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing, along with F-16 units from Holloman AFB, New Mexico, and Kunsan Air Base, Korea, conducted an integrated combat exercise where maintainers were tasked to continually provide ready aircraft and pilots took off in waves to simulate a large force engagement with enemy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Hill F-35A units assist in F-16 fighter training

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, -- Brand new F-16 pilots received a unique training experience here with the help of the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings and the F-35A Lightning II.For the last two weeks, F-16 basic course students and instructor pilots from the 311th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, have been
  • Maj. Jon Farragher, 311th Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations, helps Airman 1st Class Mequail Fridge, 311th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, buckle into the ejection seat of an F-16 Viper, April 25, 2019, on Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The 311th FS had a goal of eight familiarization flights per day for operations and maintenance personnel during exercise Venom 19-01. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs)

    Venom 19-01 provides operations, maintenance personnel unique experience

    Amidst the low temperatures and high operations tempo of the 311th Fighter Squadron’s exercise Venom 19-01, many operations and maintenance personnel are provided the opportunity to view their work from the skies in a familiarization flight.“It’s good payback to show people the mission they are supporting, because without them we couldn’t fly our
  • 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
  • Royal Canadian Air Force structural technician Cpl. Matthew Roy salutes pilot Capt. Jason Berndt, both assigned to the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, before takeoff May 3, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Canadian unit participated in a Weapons Evaluation Systems Program, or WSEP, exercise conducted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, a Hill tenant unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Successful weapons evaluation exercise comes to a close

    Evaluation exercise Combat Hammer concluded May 10 at Hill AFB and the Utah Test and Training Range. Both are part of the Air Force's Weapons System Evaluation Program, or WSEP.
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