BOUNTIFUL — Don Milne is on a mission to make sure the fallen heroes of World War II are forever remembered — but he’s looking for some help.Milne, 59, of Bountiful, recently launched a nonprofit called “Stories Behind the Stars,” an ambitious project that aims to compile short ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — By any account, Col. Matthew Fritz's quarter-century military career in the sky has been distinguished. According to <a href="https://www.419fw.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2209461/colonel-matthew-m-fritz/" target="_blank">his Air ...
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, United Kingdom — An Air Force fighter pilot who died Monday after crashing off the coast of England has been identified as 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen, of Northern Utah.According to a statement from the U.S. Air Force, Allen was killed when his F-15C Eagle ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Emily Thompson’s childhood career dreams were pretty standard — veterinarian, police officer.But as she grew older, she says the vision slowly shifted to something else, eventually crystallizing with a desire to become an engineer.That aspiration was never realized ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Northern Utah’s annual sonic boom season is now upon us.Every year, seemingly without fail, residents along the Wasatch Front report mysterious sonic booms or unexplained tremors.The source is usually Hill Air Force Base.The Air Force began its yearly round of large ...
NORTH OGDEN — Jennie Taylor prefers to focus on the beneficial takeaways, not dwell on the disheartening details of what led to her husband’s death in Afghanistan.The Standard-Examiner recently obtained via the Freedom of Information Act a copy of the Army’s investigation report into Maj. ...