SALT LAKE CITY — A Russian citizen was ordered deported Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges of violating arms control law and smuggling F-16 fighter jet technical manuals to Moscow.In exchange for his admitting the charges, U.S. prosecutors dropped three other similar counts against ...
SALT LAKE CITY — A change-of-plea and sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a Russian citizen accused of smuggling F-16 technical manuals to his nation and other countries.Oleg Mikhaylovich Tishchenko, who was extradited from Eastern Europe and held in the Weber County Jail in Ogden ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Crews from Hill Air Force Base’s two fighter wings have finished a key component of their European security deployment.In an email, Hill spokesman Micah Garbarino said Hill airmen recently finished an air-and-missile defense exercise called “Astral Knight.” The ...
For the first time, Utah’s Honor Flight program took an all-female flight to the nation’s capital on Thursday. LaRetta Johnson Duncan, 87, of Provo was on that flight.Stephanie Harmon, chairman of the Honor Flight program said 23 women were scheduled to fly, all but Duncan are veterans of ...
ROY — The Purple Heart, the U.S. flag folded into a triangle, the black-and-white picture of the military man holding the mortar shell — it’s all a mystery.“It kind of makes you curious. I’ve kind of wondered about this guy,” said Jim Thorpe.Last year, a friend came across the case ...
KAYSVILLE — Larry Steed paid tribute to fallen fellow combat pilots, applauded military families that hold down the home front, and mixed in a few critiques of politicians and war protesters.Steed, 84, headlined the Kaysville Memorial Day program Monday at the city cemetery, an event that ...
The Redd sons have known since a young age what their parents expected of them.“We tell our boys they were born Boy Scouts, which means they have to do their duty to God and to their country, and that required a mission and then military service, and every one of them have done that,” Don ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Combat F-35s and associated crews from Hill Air Force Base continue with a heavy deployment load.According to a press release from the base, one squadron of F-35As, airmen and other equipment from Hill’s 388th and 419th fighter wings have deployed to Aviano Air Base in ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force is moving a significant weapons testing program to Hill Air Force Base, which will bring new jobs and according to one federal lawmaker, add to the base’s standing within the Department of Defense.The Secretary of the Air Force recently approved a move ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — F-35s from Hill Air Force Base have conducted combat strikes on enemy forces for the first time.According to a press release from the base, a pair of F-35As deployed with Hill's active duty 388th and reserve 419th fighter wings, conducted an air strike April 30 at Wadi ...
