Aug. 15, 2018 388th Fighter Wing standing up final F-35A aircraft maintenance unit Hill’s 388th Fighter Wing recently began standing up the last of its aircraft maintenance units, a big step toward receiving the full complement of F-35A Lightning IIs by the end of 2019. The first operational F-35s landed at Hill Air Force Base in October 2015. Since then the 34th Aircraft
June 18, 2018 Pacer Classic III mods give T-38 new life Located at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, the 575th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron T-38 Talon depot maintenance team has been providing current upgrade modifications known as Pacer Classic III since 2015 and have to date successfully completed them on 40 T-38 Talon aircraft.
June 26, 2017 ICBM Country: Ogden Air Logistics Complex restoring Air Force’s nuclear launch facilities Editor's Note: Hill Air Force Base units are helping ensure the nuclear triad remains an effective strategic deterrent now and into the future. This is the first in a two part series.For more than 50 years, rural American pastures in the Great Plains have housed a key leg in the air, land and sea
June 19, 2017 AFSC commander visits Team Robins' Global Hawk workers Lt. Gen. Lee Levy II, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, met with members of Team Robins about work being done on a Global Hawk here during his site visit June 13. This is the first time a Global Hawk has flown into an Air Force air logistics complex. Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex
May 12, 2017 Mother of all Planes: Robins maintenance pros annihilate workflow, set record An aircraft with an interior and exterior combined paint weight of 2,600 pounds, more than 100 miles of wiring, over five miles of control cables and can haul 58 Cadillac’s or six standard Greyhound buses, the maintenance demands are extreme. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex is one of only
Feb. 16, 2017 AFSOC general returns to thank Robins maintainers; provides gunship tour As promised by the Air Force Special Operations Command vice commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex C-130 sustainment workers were treated to a Feb. 9 tour inside an AC-130W gunship fully loaded with the latest modifications. Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, AFSOC vice commander, and his crew
Dec. 7, 2016 4th Fighter Wing commander personally delivers F-15 to WR-ALC Col. Christopher Sage knows “Success here equals success there.” That’s why he came "here." A seasoned fighter pilot, Sage is fully appreciative of having a fine-tuned jet to fly. And since taking the helm of the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., in July, he has wanted to