June 30, 2017 Focus on Defense: Sustaining the nuclear triad The 2017 Focus on Defense Symposium was held June 21st at the Ogden Eccles Center and was co-hosted by the Air Force Sustainment Center and Utah Air Force Association.
June 26, 2017 ICBM Country: Hill AFB, Utah workers play key role in future of strategic defense 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 second in a two part series.The nation needs a robust nuclear deterrent. Not just any missiles, but the most responsive strategic weapon systems
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
April 27, 2017 309th AMARG applauded for valuable AFSOC support U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gregory Ferguson, the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), along with an MC-130H Talon II aircraft and its crew, recently visited the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) to recognize
March 23, 2017 Air Force Child of the Year exemplifies volunteerism, leadership Jamal Braxton, the 2017 Operation Homefront Air Force Military Child of the Year Award recipient, has excelled in multiple varsity sports at Northridge High School in Layton and holds a bright future with his acceptance into the U.S. Air Force Academy, but Braxton likes to focus most on his
March 23, 2017 UTTR firefighters provide aid in I-80 baby delivery Utah Test and Training Range firefighters are becoming well practiced at a real-world skill appreciated by moms: child delivery.
March 17, 2017 Hill AFB regenerates F-16s for Indonesian Air Force The fifth of six "ferry cells" to deliver F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the Ogden Air Logistics Complex to the Indonesian Air Force departed Hill AFB earlier this week.
Feb. 16, 2017 75th LRS Fuels Management Flight best in AFMC The 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Fuels Management Flight recently captured the American Petroleum Institute award for the Air Force Materiel Command’s best fuels flight in 2016.
Jan. 27, 2017 Partnership streamlines PDM for ICBM wings The 309th Missile Maintenance Group and Defense Logistics Agency recently worked together on an initiative to establish a “retail-like” support structure in order to stock, store and distribute parts and supplies to the Air Force’s three ICBM wings.
Oct. 26, 2016 QF-4 mission nearly complete The QF-4 Aerial Target mission is winding down and two of the aircraft visited here Oct. 25 so that those who have supported F-4 Phantom IIs over the years could see them one last time.