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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 ...