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Hill Aerospace Museum set to open new gallery next week

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — A long-sought addition to the Hill Aerospace Museum is set to open its doors to the public next week. According to a press release, officials soon will commemorate the completion and opening of the Alexander Hall and the L.S. Skaggs Gallery. "An April 29 ribbon cutting ...

Hill AFB fighter wing completes large-scale, local simulated combat exercise

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Exercises to help main combat readiness occur with some regularity at Hill Air Force Base. In recent weeks, the active-duty 388th and reserve 419th fighter wings have conducted night-flying operations with the F-35A Lightning II aircraft. However, the intensity was ...

Vietnam veterans recognized with event at Layton’s Memorial Wall

LAYTON — Since 2017, March 29 has been officially recognized as National Vietnam Veterans Day throughout the U.S., a day to fly flags and recognize the service given and sacrifices made by those who were part of the Vietnam War. To that end, a large crowd gathered near the Vietnam Memorial ...

Ogden veteran Ray Hobbs recognized for a century of life, love, service

OGDEN — Ray Hobbs has been a lot of things throughout his life. He was a caddy, a service station worker and a stereotyper for the Standard-Examiner. He also has loaded boxcars, flown B-17 bombers during World War II and been a husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and ...

Hill AFB conducting night flying operations from now through April

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th fighter wings at Hill Air Force Base will be conducting night flying operations with the F-35A Lightning II aircraft for the next several days, and also in the coming weeks, as announced by 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs. Night ...

Over-budget Sentinel ICBM program triggers review, faces cancellation

In 2020, the U.S. Air Force announced a $13.3 billion contract with Northrop Grumman aimed at modernizing the ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile program, a leg of the military's nuclear triad. Less than four years later, that program is over budget and in danger of outright ...

Ogden veteran spreads joy through bygone audio, musical expertise

OGDEN — Stephen Burt, a resident at the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home, understands that whatever time he has left is precious. And he intends to use it productively — by working on the analog recording machines and media that have become his area of expertise and sharing his vast ...

The Rosie Project is opening doors for military spouses at Hill AFB and beyond

OGDEN — Weber State University, Hill Air Force Base and Catalyst Campus have teamed up on a program that aims to get military spouses jobs within the Department of Defense. Given the constant movement that military families experience with changes of station, assignment and deployment, ...