Located 30 miles north of Salt Lake City, Hill Air Force Base is in northern Utah, just south of Ogden. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who died test-flying a prototype of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. “Hill Air Force Base has enjoyed a long and colorful history. The base traces its origins back to the ill-fated Army Air Mail ‘experiment’ of 1934, during which time the idea originated for a permanent air depot in the Salt Lake City area. On September 26, 1947 the Army Air Corps became the United States Air Force, ending an association with the Army that had lasted 40 years. Following an Air Force-wide pattern of renaming ‘fields’ as ‘bases,’ Hill Field became Hill Air Force Base on February 5, 1948. Hill AFB now ranks as Utah's largest employer. The $960 million payroll and presence of the installation injects tremendous growth into the Utah economy. The current value of the base acreage, buildings, equipment, and inventories exceeds $4.5 billion.” - http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5830
As a civilian, I needed a sponsor to get on the base. So, I felt blessed to have my two dear friends, a Retired Navy Commander and his lovely wife, take me as their guest. I hadn’t been on a military base since before 9/11 and was both naive and ill prepared for such tight security. There are no signs on the
As a civilian, I needed a sponsor to get on the base. So, I felt blessed to have my two dear friends, a Retired Navy Commander and his lovely wife, take me as their guest. I hadn’t been on a military base since before 9/11 and was both naive and ill prepared for such tight security. There are no signs on the
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