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
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.
April 14, 2023 AFMC top leaders visit Hill AFB Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, Air Force Materiel Command commander, and his leadership team visited Hill Air Force Base, Utah, April 11-15 for updates on missions and programs at the installation.
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
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
Feb. 28, 2023 Commentary – Strong Women Shaped My Life Women’s History Week originated in Santa Rosa, California in 1978. The week corresponded with International Women’s Day and in 1987, Congress passed Public Law 100-9 affirming March, Women’s History Month.
Jan. 5, 2023 Commentary: Commit to 'do your part' this MLK Day As Dr. King said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moment of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy.” Our fellow Airmen — uniformed and civilian, active and reserve component — and our Air Force need us. They
Jan. 3, 2023 Hill Air Force Base launches ‘IDEA with DEIA’ speaker series The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility office at Hill will host its first quarterly “IDEA with DEIA” speaker series event on Jan. 18. The speaker will be Chaplain (Col.) Ruth Segres, Chief of the Plans and Program Division for the Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Pentagon, Washington,