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Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in Davis County, Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and bordering the Cities of Layton, Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, and Sunset with its largest border immediately adjacent to Clearfield and Layton.[1]

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  1. 84 relations: Acquisition Intelligence, Air Combat Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Materiel Command, Air-to-air missile, Air-to-surface missile, Airmail, Asphalt concrete, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Clearfield, Utah, Colonel, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Davis County, Utah, Dayton, Ohio, Deseret News, Douglas A-26 Invader, Dugway Proving Ground, Engineer, F-35A Demonstration Team, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, Federal Aviation Administration, Fifteenth Air Force, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Genesis (spacecraft), Great Salt Lake, Helicopter, Hi-Fi murders, Hill Aerospace Museum, Intercontinental ballistic missile, Interstate 80, Korea, Korean War, KSL-FM, Layton, Utah, LGM-30 Minuteman, List of HAER documentation of Hill Air Force Base, List of United States Air Force installations, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Military history of the United States during World War II, NASA, Nevada, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, ... Expand index (34 more) »

  2. 1939 establishments in Utah
  3. Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command
  4. Airports in Utah
  5. Historic American Engineering Record in Utah
  6. Installations of the United States Air Force
  7. Military airbases established in 1939
  8. Military installations in Utah
  9. Post–World War II aircraft storage facilities
  10. Superfund sites in Utah

Acquisition Intelligence

Acquisition Intelligence (Acq Intel) is the field that combines military intelligence, acquisition processes, and logistics fundamentals to ensure supportability of weapons systems.

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Air Combat Command

The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon.

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Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, is one of six centers reporting to the Air Force Materiel Command.

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Air Force Materiel Command

The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is a USAF Named Unit, assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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Air Force Reserve Command

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Air Materiel Command

Air Materiel Command (AMC) was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force command.

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Air-to-air missile

Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).

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Air-to-surface missile

An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea.

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Airmail

Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of at least one leg of its journey being by air.

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Asphalt concrete

Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Clearfield, Utah

Clearfield (Shoshone: Gu-ta-nu-a-de, “Place where the wind blows hard”) is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938.

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Davis County, Utah

Davis County is a county in northern Utah, United States.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Douglas A-26 Invader

The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft.

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Dugway Proving Ground

Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a United States Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and south of the Utah Test and Training Range. Hill Air Force Base and Dugway Proving Ground are Historic American Engineering Record in Utah and military installations in Utah.

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Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.

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F-35A Demonstration Team

The F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team is a United States Air Force flight demonstration team under the 388th Fighter Wing currently stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Davis County, Utah.

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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Fifteenth Air Force

The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC).

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Genesis (spacecraft)

Genesis was a NASA sample-return probe that collected a sample of solar wind particles and returned them to Earth for analysis.

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Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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Hi-Fi murders

The Hi-Fi murders were the torture of five people resulting in three deaths during a robbery at the Hi-fi Shop, a home audio store in Ogden, Utah, United States, on the evening of April 22, 1974.

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Hill Aerospace Museum

Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at Hill Air Force Base in Roy, Utah.

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Intercontinental ballistic missile

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than, primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).

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Interstate 80

Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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KSL-FM

KSL-FM (102.7 FM), branded "KSL Newsradio", is a commercial radio station licensed to Midvale, Utah and serving the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.

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Layton, Utah

Layton (/ˈleɪʔɪn/) is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

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LGM-30 Minuteman

The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.

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List of HAER documentation of Hill Air Force Base

The following is a listing of the documentation available for Hill Air Force Base, Utah, through the public-domain Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). Hill Air Force Base and list of HAER documentation of Hill Air Force Base are Historic American Engineering Record in Utah.

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List of United States Air Force installations

This is a list of installations operated by the United States Air Force located within the United States and abroad. Hill Air Force Base and list of United States Air Force installations are installations of the United States Air Force.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

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Military history of the United States during World War II

The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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Northrop P-61 Black Widow

The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II.

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Ogden Air Logistics Complex

The Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) performs programmed depot maintenance on a number of US Air Force weapon systems.

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Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City.

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Ployer Peter Hill

Ployer Peter Hill (October 24, 1894 – October 30, 1935), known as "Pete" or "Peter", was a pilot and an officer with a varied career, but is best known for his abilities as a test pilot.

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Public domain

The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945.

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Riverdale, Utah

Riverdale is a city in southern Weber County, Utah, United States.

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Roy, Utah

Roy is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, on the west side of Interstate 15.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Squadron (aviation)

A squadron in an air force, or naval or army aviation service, is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.

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Sunset, Utah

Sunset is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

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Tooele County, Utah

Tooele County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Utah Test and Training Range

The Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) is a Department of Defense military testing and training area located in Utah's West Desert, approximately west of Salt Lake City, Utah. Hill Air Force Base and Utah Test and Training Range are military installations in Utah.

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Utah World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Utah for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. Hill Air Force Base and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are military Superfund sites.

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34th Fighter Squadron

The 34th Fighter Squadron is part of the United States Air Force's 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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388th Fighter Wing

The 388th Fighter Wing (388FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force.

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388th Operations Group

The 388th Operations Group (388 OG) is the flying component of the 388th Fighter Wing, assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force.

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419th Fighter Wing

The 419th Fighter Wing (419 FW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) unit of the United States Air Force.

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419th Operations Group

The 419th Operations Group (419 OG) is an operational component of the 419th Fighter Wing, stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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421st Fighter Squadron

The 421st Fighter Squadron is part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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448th Supply Chain Management Wing

The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, a wing of the Air Force Sustainment Center of Air Force Materiel Command serves as the Air Force's supply chain manager headquartered at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

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466th Fighter Squadron

The 466th Fighter Squadron is the 419th Fighter Wing's operational flying squadron.

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4th Fighter Squadron

The 4th Fighter Squadron, "Fighting Fuujins" is part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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552nd Air Control Wing

The 552d Air Control Wing is an operational wing of the United States Air Force.

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729th Air Control Squadron

The 729th Air Control Squadron is a Control and Reporting Center (CRC) assigned to the 552d Air Control Group, 552d Air Control Wing.

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75th Air Base Wing

The 75th Air Base Wing (75 ABW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Hill Air Force Base, Ogden Utah.

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See also

1939 establishments in Utah

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command

Airports in Utah

Historic American Engineering Record in Utah

Installations of the United States Air Force

Military airbases established in 1939

Military installations in Utah

Post–World War II aircraft storage facilities

Superfund sites in Utah

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base

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