May 1, 2020 Hill AFB reopening some facilities, services Beginning Monday, May 4, Hill Air Force Base will begin reopening some of its facilities and services consistent with state and local guidelines.
May 1, 2020 Second vendor F-35 canopy testing complete Testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy transparency from a new
May 1, 2020 514th FLTS ‘taxi service’ supports aircraft deliveries for warfighters Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the 514th Flight Test Squadron started a “taxi service” initiative to help keep aircraft inductions and deliveries from warfighting units, to and from the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, on-track.
May 1, 2020 C3I&N to talk job opportunities via live chat Officials from one of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center acquisition directorates will address questions regarding available positions during a live chat session on Facebook May 5 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EST to discuss job opportunities.
May 1, 2020 Eyes in the sky: Team JSTARS stays focused on mission, keeps warfighter support on target U.S. adversaries are always at work, plotting our forces’ demise, but the 461st and 116th Air Control Wings are working together as an integrated force that always has the warfighter’s back around the clock.
May 1, 2020 “Wise Guy” arrives at Tinker “Wise Guy,” B-52H Stratofortress tail number 60-034, arrived at Tinker Air Force Base April 1 to undergo programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.PDM is the final part of a three-phase process to regenerate the aircraft and deliver rapid, effective, affordable combat
May 1, 2020 SECAF tours Hill missions to view operational capabilities during pandemic Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett visited Hill Air Force Base April 30 in order to get a firsthand look at critical mission activities here and how the base was operating under current restrictions due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
May 1, 2020 F-15 swap accomplished amid pandemic Four pilots from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Forces Lakenheath in England flew two F-15 aircraft in need of programmed depot maintenance into the Warner Robins Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 3. Thanks to the work of the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and an
May 1, 2020 Team Hill Frontlines: Tad Christiansen Arvil "Tad" Christiansen works in the 309th Commodities Maintenance Group as an aircraft parts repairer work lead. He currently works in the landing gear division working on C-5 Galaxy landing gear. He trains new employees on work loading and prioritization in the shop. Tad hails from Syracuse,
May 1, 2020 Wright-Patterson officials consider plan to return installation to full capacity WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Senior leaders from Wright-Patterson are considering the necessary actions needed so the base and its 30,000-member workforce may eventually return to full capacity in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.A plan supporting reconstitution of base