OGDEN — Though he was a Vietnam veteran who served in the Army, Bruce Berglund’s biggest brush with death didn’t occur until some five years after the war in Southeast Asia ended.And as he gets older, the 72-year-old South Ogden resident says the urgency to find the man he credits with ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The Hill Aerospace Museum has opened after a four-month COVID-19 forced closure, just in time to display one of the rarest aircraft in the world.Earlier this month, the museum welcomed a Lockheed F-117A. In a press release, Hill Air Force Base’s 75th Air Base Wing ...
Hill Air Force Base’s 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron is conducting an in-depth weapons evaluation at Hill Air Force Base and the Utah Test and Training Range this week, bringing with it a variety of aircraft to the skies around northern Utah.The evaluation, which started Monday, is part of the ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — There’s a new sheriff in town.Or, more accurately, a new commander.Last week, Hill Air Force Base welcomed a new top leader when Col. Jenise Carroll took command of the 75th Air Base Wing. Carroll follows Col. Jon Eberlan, who is set to take on a position in the ...
NORTH OGDEN — The symbolism of Saturday’s somber ceremony certainly wasn’t lost on anyone here.At a time when some in this country have called for the removal of certain monuments — or have taken matters into their own hands by defacing or destroying them — a group of ...
SOUTH OGDEN — Richard Goff’s growing collection of flags is a marvel to his neighbors, and the Navy veteran says it’s a hobby he’s happy to keep building upon.He and his wife, Christine, a former Army medic, on Tuesday showed a visitor their latest acquisition, a U.S. Space Force ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — It’s safe to say Michael Ebner has had a rather prestigious career as a fighter pilot.The now-retired Air Force colonel was commissioned as an officer in 1997, after graduating from the Air Force Reserve Officers Training program at Marquette University in Wisconsin.He ...
OGDEN — Those who knew George Ford say letting up wasn’t in his DNA.Ford, a lifelong Ogden resident and decorated World War II combat veteran, died July 8. He was 102.According his obituary, Ford was born in Ogden on Nov. 3, 1917, the son of James Albert Ford and Ida May Burton. He was the ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — After an unexpected layoff to start its tenure at Hill Air Force Base, the Air Force's F-35 demo team has resumed its 2020 show schedule.And while the 2020 air show at Hill remains canceled and won't return until 2022, aviation enthusiasts will still be able to see the ...
OGDEN — Giacomo “Jim” Favero’s son and daughter say it’s impossible to encapsulate their father’s life with words alone.But when talking about the Ogden World War II veteran, the brother and sister pair often use one noun in particular: “survivor.”Favero died July 3 and, fitting ...
