Jan. 24, 2024 Scott AFB successfully hot-pit refuels F-35 for the first time, gains certification Hot-pit refueling is the practice of refueling an aircraft immediately after landing while keeping the engines running to minimize time spent on the ground. Hot-pit refueling allows sorties to be generated faster, allowing more effective power projection capabilities.
Nov. 30, 2023 Restoring an F-35A Lightning II: A collaborative endeavor F-35 maintenance experts here are taking on a seemingly impossible task – stitching two mishap damaged aircraft together into a restored, fully operational F-35A Lighting II.
Nov. 6, 2023 Hill Aerospace Museum’s newest gallery nears completion After nearly two years of planning and construction, the Hill Aerospace Museum is putting the finishing touches on its newest gallery, which will be called the L.S. Skaggs Gallery.
Nov. 1, 2023 75th MDG’s Pharmacy Flight reduces patient wait times with new robot The 75th Medical Group’s Pharmacy Flight can now fill prescriptions faster with the help of a new automated high-speed medication filling robot called the Parata Max 2.
Oct. 30, 2023 Hill AFB implements Ready Airman Training to prepare Airmen for great power competition Hill Air Force Base is taking proactive measures to ensure their forces are ready for great power competition as the Air Force transitions to a new deployment model called Air Force Force Generation.
Oct. 4, 2023 F-35 pilots assist in project to provide female Airmen options for bladder relief AFLCMC continues work on female pilot bladder relief systems.
Sept. 13, 2023 Team Hill ‘confined space entry’ course sets standard, eliminates CBTs A multi-disciplinary team led by the 75th Air Base Wing Occupational Safety Office developed a train-the-trainer course for confined space entry to meet an Air Force Safety Center tasking.
Sept. 7, 2023 Metrology and Calibration Flight keeps Hill AFB calibrated The 809th Maintenance Support Squadron’s Metrology and Calibration Flight at Hill Air Force Base is a small group of highly-specialized technicians who perform a critically important support mission on thousands of tools and machines used by units across the installation.
Aug. 23, 2023 TSS: keeping AFSC scheduled and trained for decades The Training Scheduling System, commonly known as TSS has been helping to make the Air Force Sustainment Center more efficient by tracking all aspects of employee training for more than 20 years.
June 14, 2023 Hills radome gets a facelift with new material technology, maintenance process Sitting atop the north ridgeline overlooking the mouth of Weber Canyon at Hill Air Force Base sits a radome structure that is the test and engineering facility for the North American continents early warning radar defense system, known as the North Warning System.