June 7, 2023 ALC worker receives national achievement award Terry McDade, an engineering technician in the Ogden Air Logistics Complex’s 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group, received a SourceAmerica national achievement award at an awards conference in Anaheim, California, on May 24.
June 1, 2023 Serving with Pride The word ‘pride’ has many definitions; one being “respect and appreciation for oneself and others as members of a group…especially a marginalized group/solidarity with a group based on a shared identity, history, and experience.”
May 31, 2023 Hill Airman competes in Esports Invitational Staff Sgt. Tristan Biese with the 2d Audiovisual Squadron participated in the Department of the Air Force Esports Invitational 2023 in San Antonio, Texas, May 27-28.Biese, a video production specialist at Hill was one of 12 gamers representing the DAF and one of six on his team in the professional
May 24, 2023 New F-35 canopy facility provides production boost The 531st Commodities Maintenance Squadron officially opened their new 24,000 square-foot F-35 canopy shop in building 850 on May 17, allowing for future forecast needs by tripling the former workspace.The shop meticulously refurbishes to perfection, canopies for the Air Force’s F-35A conventional
May 9, 2023 DASD Barron visits Hill AFB Patricia Montes Barron, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, visited Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 5, 2023. During her tour, Barron received updates on the programs and resources available to the base's personnel and their families.
April 28, 2023 ECARS reduces vehicle emissions and Hill fees The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is celebrating a decade of helping installations track vehicle air emissions through its Employee-vehicle Certification and Reporting System, or ECARS.The tool has been estimated to be saving the Air Force more than $11.8 million annually.
March 28, 2023 Hill Security Forces leverage technology for smoother base entrance Drivers heading onto Hill AFB through one of the three main gates have a new way to determine what travel times look like via a recently added feature on Hill’s Air Force Connect App.Members from the 75th Security Forces Squadron saw a need and came up with the Gate Travel Times feature as a way to
March 16, 2023 SWEG employee gains valuable experience in Artificial Intelligence Accelerator program The Phantom Fellowship is a career enhancing opportunity for high-performing air and space professionals to assess, develop and gain exposure to artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
March 10, 2023 Hill Airman a multi-capable Airman in Operation Allies Refuge While forward deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Staff Sgt. Harold Balcom, an air traffic controller supervisor currently assigned to the 75th Operations Support Squadron, was awakened the night of Aug. 17, 2021, and told to pack a 72-hour bag.
Feb. 28, 2023 EOD robots are potential confined space lifesavers Generally, Liquid Fuels Maintenance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians don’t perform duties simultaneously for safety’s sake, but that’s what happened Feb. 8 near building 825 on Hill AFB.To avoid sending a human into a potentially dangerous confined space to perform a structural integrity