Hilltop Times

The Wasatch Chapter of the Logistics Officers Association will be hosting a membership drive and social event on Thursday, Aug. 5, 3:30 p.m. at Club Hill. Military and civilian logisticians are encouraged to attend and bring a guest. Free food will be available.

The LOA provides opportunities to network, attend professional conferences, and tour local industries while also providing scholarship funds and supporting the Fisher House and the Mountain Ridge Assisted Living Facility.

For more information, please contact Capt. John Groff at john.groff@hill.af.mil.

Continuing through Aug. 15 Wardleigh Road will experience lane restrictions to allow manhole access for workers.

One eastbound lane will close from Building 849 to Building 847 and one northbound lane at Building 1205. The closure is needed to ensure the safety of workers. For questions, contact Gerard Babauta at (801) 777-1696.

Auto Hobby Shop - State Safety Inspections and Emissions Inspections both for $43. Please call for appointment at (801) 777-3476.

Air Force Gallery Showcase: Limit of three entries per person in the following categories: Photography or Artist-Craftsman

Entries must be submitted on a CD to the Arts and Crafts Center, Building 534.

They must be in a JPEG format, size 5" x 7", no larger than 450 pixels at the longest end.

Entries will be taken beginning Aug. 6 through Sept. 10.

Aug. 7, Ultimate Fighting Championship 117, free admittance for all.

Limited food menu and drink special beginning at 7 p.m.

Fight starts at 8 p.m.

Club members can reserve tables before the event.

Aug. 28, UFC 118, free for all. Limited food menu and drink special beginning at 7 p.m.

Fight starts at 8 p.m.

Members can reserve tables beginning the Monday before the fight (Aug. 23).

Aug. 3, 5, 11, 18 and 25 -- Active Families for a Fit Future: Bring out the family or fun filled fitness activities including softball clinic, rock climbing, hiking, canoeing and more.Punch cards with the activities are available at the Warrior Health and Fitness Center. The families with the most punches from activities will be put in for a drawing for a prize. For more information or to sign up call (801) 777-2762 or e-mail Katherine.purser@hill.af.mil; Ashley.mitchell@hill.af.mil.

FARNBOROUGH, England -- One of the largest air shows in the world kicked off here July 19, and U.S. servicemembers are among 1,500 exhibitors from around the world showing off the latest in aviation technology.

Approximately 70 U.S. military and support members from bases across the world are participating in the Farnborough Air Show.

"We are delighted to be here," said Col. Robert Suminsby, the U.S. Air Forces Europe air boss for the air show. "The United Kingdom is a country that has a long tradition with incredible enthusiasm for aviation."

To commemorate a century of extraordinary achievement since the historic arrival of Mormon pioneers in Utah in 1847, in 1947 a United States Army Air Forces' jet aircraft flew from Omaha, Neb., to Hill Field in a relatively uneventful 123 minutes. In July a hundred years earlier, or some 163 years ago today, courageous American trailblazers completed the journey in an entirely arduous, very eventful 110 days, at times losing and burying some of their loved ones along the way.