A photo animation honoring Hill Air Force Base's
80 years of excellent military service showcasing its innovations and
achievements along with the mission platforms that have been
operated and supported throughout the decades.
Hill Air Force
Base is an Air Force Materiel Command base located about 30
miles north of Salt Lake City. It is the Air Force's second largest
base by population and geographical size, and is home to many
operational and support missions.
The host organization at Hill AFB is the
75th Air Base Wing, which has more than 1,700 facilities that
provides installation support for the Ogden Air Logistics Complex,
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Nuclear Weapons
Center, Air Force active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings
and more than 50 mission partners that employ more than 21,000
personnel.
The base also has support responsibility for
the operation of the Utah Test and Training Range. Located in Utah's
west desert, the airspace is situated over 2.3 million acres of land
and contains the largest block of overland contiguous special-use
airspace in the continental United States.
U.S. Air Force video by David
Perry, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs - January 2020
