ABOUT HILL AIR FORCE BASE

Hill Air Force Base is an Air Force Materiel Command base located in northern Utah. Hill is home to many operational and support missions, with the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) serving as the host organization. The center provides worldwide engineering and logistics management for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The base performs depot maintenance of the F-16, A-10 and C-130 Hercules aircraft. 

"Hill Field," as the War Department originally named the Ogden Air Depot, honors the late Maj. Ployer P. Hill, who was killed in 1939 at Wright Field, Ohio, while testing the original model of the B-17 Flying Fortress long-range heavy bomber.

Major units include the Ogden Air Logistics Center; 75th Air Base Wing; 388th Fighter Wing; 419th Fighter Wing; 729th Air Control Squadron; 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron; and the Area Command Ogden. The base population includes 4,700 active duty and 9,800 civilians. Base housing offers 179 officer-family units and 966 enlisted-family units; off-base housing within reasonable community distance to the base is available. Generally, rental rates are moderate to high. A large commissary and AAFES exchange and specialty shops service personnel. Children attend local schools in Davis County. A childcare center and home care are available with waiting list.

Hill, the only active military installation in Utah, is about 35 miles north of Salt Lake City, home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Hill prides itself on one of the most complete Services Division and Recreation Services in the Air Force. A variety of leisure activities are available to active-duty military members and family members, in addition to DOD civilians. Base recreation includes: youth center; stables; hobby shops; theater; gym; tennis; golf; rod and gun club; bowling; swimming; boating; camping and skiing.