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Maintainers putting the fight in fighter wing
Mary Lou Gorny, Hilltop Times Editor
March 14, 2013
The 388th and 419th Maintenance Groups honored their top performers March 9 in Hangar 37. Nearly 45 awards were presented including individual and crew awards.The keynote speaker was Maj. Gen. H. Brent Baker Sr., commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, who addressed more than 500 attendees.“We couldn’t do what we do without the support of the families,” the general said as he thanked the... Read more


Team Hill invited to free military summit
Mikayla Beyer, Hilltop Times Staff
March 14, 2013
The Governor’s Military and Family Summit may still be another full month away, but the Utah Department of Veterans’ Affairs has already planned the event down to the last detail, ensuring that each service member and family member will have something to pick from to attend and learn by coming to the summit.The Executive Director of Veterans’ Affairs, Terry Schow, believes it is important to... Read more


Get your baskets ready! Easter egg hunts ahead
Mikayla Beyer, Hilltop Times Staff
March 14, 2013
The children of Hill AFB are in for a special treat on Easter weekend, since there will be two Easter egg hunts happening on Saturday, March 30.One will take place at the Hill AFB Museum, and the other will take place on base. In the interest of fairness, both egg hunts have sectioned off age groups so that the younger children will compete against each other without the older kids having an... Read more


Hill AFB to remember, honor and respect victims of genocide
NATHAN DOUBLEDAY, Days of Remembrance Committee co-chairman
March 14, 2013
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has designated April 7-14 for the 2013 National Days of Remembrance Commemoration. It is during this week people gather as a nation to learn from past failures and renew the ambition to replace hatred and indifference of others with empathy and respect, instill the same in their children, re-examine governing policy that could allow or contribute to... Read more


2013 Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair and Governor’s Military and Family Summit
March 14, 2013
Salt Palace Convention Center100 South West TempleSalt Lake City, UtahApril 17, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.The Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair is for veterans, active duty military members, Guard and Reserve members and military spouses. This event will be a one-of-a-kind “free” hiring fair for both employers and job seekers. An “Employment Assistance Workshop” will take place prior to the job fair at 10 a.m.... Read more


Hill honors its scientists and engineers at annual awards ceremony
Hilltop Times staff
March 14, 2013
The tenth annual Hill AFB Science Engineering and Technical Management Awards Banquet was held at the Davis Conference Center on Feb. 20. The purpose was to recognize and honor Hill AFB’s best and brightest engineers for their outstanding accomplishments during the period of Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2012.Although Air Force Materiel Command underwent a reorganization last year into a 5-Center... Read more


Hill media specialist dances onto 'Price is Right' stage
Linda East Brady, Standard-Examiner staff
March 14, 2013
Richard Essary, Hill AFB media specialist, was one of two men from Ogden who were invited to “Come on down!” on the CBS game show “The Price Is Right” in January. The first episode, with Isaac Eaves, was broadcast March 8, and the second, with Essary, played March 12. Eaves left with $20,000 in cash, as well as a dirt bike, a computer and other prizes. As for Essary, he won more than $26,000 in... Read more


Ogden ALC selects honorees to compete at AFSC, Team Hill levels
Bill Orndorff, Ogden Air Logistics Complex Public Affairs Office
March 14, 2013
The Ogden Air Logistics Complex recently selected team and individual award winners for Special Programs. They will go on to compete at the Air Force Sustainment Center level.Team AwardsCommunication and Information Technology Team of the Year: 309th Software Maintenance Group/OBNC. Team members are Brian Elkins, Kim Hanken, Lauri Brynjulson, Joanna Wolf, John Pierce, Roy Hale, George Manning,... Read more


AFMC to implement sequestration cuts, analyze impacts
Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs
March 7, 2013
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — As a result of sequestration taking effect on March 1, the Air Force is expected to absorb more than $12 billion in reductions this fiscal year while simultaneously working to mitigate an overseas contingency operations funding shortfall and operating under a highly restrictive continuing resolution.Air Force Materiel Command convened a task force this week... Read more


From wrestling singlet to Air Force Blues
AIRMAN 1ST CLASS KYLE RUSSELL, 2nd Combat Camera Squadron
March 7, 2013
A quick piercing blow from the referee’s whistle and, in an instant, smack — the sound of skin slapping the wrestling mat echoed over the rambunctious spectators and parents in the gym of Syracuse High School, Jan. 14, in Syracuse, Utah.“Stand up!” shouted Senior Airman Garrett Weston to one of his wrestlers. After a little more verbal motivation, the junior high wrestler gained control and... Read more