Hill Air Force Base (IATA: HIF, ICAO: KHIF) is a major United States Air Force base located in northern Utah, south of the city of Ogden, adjacent to the cities of Clearfield, Roy, Sunset and Layton and is approximately 29 miles north of Salt Lake City. The base is named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill, who died testing a prototype of the B-17 bomber. As of 2002 Hill AFB is currently the sixth largest employer in the state of Utah, and third ...
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Hill Air Force Base (IATA: HIF, ICAO: KHIF) is a major United States Air Force base located in northern Utah, south of the city of Ogden, adjacent to the cities of Clearfield, Roy, Sunset and Layton and is approximately 29 miles north of Salt Lake City. The base is named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill, who died testing a prototype of the B-17 bomber. As of 2002 Hill AFB is currently the sixth largest employer in the state of Utah, and third largest not including state-government and higher education employers. Hill AFB is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) (FGZ) which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. The commander of OO-ALC is Major General Kathleen D. Close. It is one of three Air Force ALCs, the others being Oklahoma CIty Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC) at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma and Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) at Robins AFB,...
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