Hill AFB - UT
Hill AFB is located in Davis and Weber counties, near Ogden.
Ogden(10 miles) & Salt Lake City (35 miles) are some surrounding cities.
It is an Air Force Materiel Command base of the United States Air Force.
Hill is home to many operational and support missions, with the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) serving as the host organization and the 75th Air Base Wing providing the support
The base has spread over 6698 acres.
It is the largest employer in Utah & has about 10000 civilians on the roll.
The primary mission of the base is to provide engineering & logistics management for F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
The base was built in 1939.
It is named after Major Ployer Peter Hill, who had died testing a Boeing Model 299 aircraft.
The base Housing Office operates and maintains 1,138 family units and the dormitories.
Youth Activities Center, Hill Aerospace Museum, Log Cabin, Centennial Park, Fam Camp, Carter Creek Camp are some of the attractions near the base.
Children living on base attend schools in surrounding communities. School assignments, determined by housing areas, are:
Areas A and B — South Clearfield Elementary, North Layton Junior High and Northridge High.
Areas D, E (Patriot Hills), F (Freedom Terrace) and G (Liberty Heights) — Hill Field Elementary, North Davis Junior High, and Northridge High.
The base does not have any training facility, it is a maintenance facility.
F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile are serviced at the base.
The demographics of the base is not available.
On 11th April, 2007, foreign attaches from various countries visited the base.
On 11th April, 2007, foreign attaches from various countries visited the base.
The base is always on the lime light by providing maintenance services to main fighter plans of US AF.
The base had always been an important supply & maintenance facility for US AF.
Major General Kevin J Sullivan is the current commander of the base.