• Air Force to begin detonation season at Utah Test and Training Range

    The Air Force will soon begin its 2015 season of large detonation operations at the Utah Test and Training Range.The detonations, which involve destroying the rocket motors and solid propellant of Air Force and Navy ballistic missiles, will occur two or three times a week through October.The

  • Base library serves as launching pad for STEM

    On March 18, parents and daughters of Hill Air Force Base gathered at the base library for a "Save Yourself" with STEM event. This exciting event for girls in fourth through eighth grades was put on by organizers to spark creativity through engineering and scientific processes.This event,

  • Hill celebrates Scowcroft award winners

    More than 290 military, civilian and contractor personnel gathered at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center late last month to attend the annual Brent Scowcroft Awards.The awards, hosted by the Northern Utah Chapter 235 of the Air Force Association, honored individuals in the ICBM, Space and C3I

  • Reminder to Airmen: Avoid hemp seed products

    Air Force drug testing officials have long warned military members to avoid products that include hemp seed or hemp oil in order to ensure military readiness.In 2013, news reports on the Air Force's prohibition of a popular yogurt brand spotlighted a regulation, in effect since the late 1990s.

  • A whale of a tale: Hill helps scientists understand whales

    Technology normally used to study missiles at Hill Air Force Base is helping university and government biologists better understand how ocean sounds are affecting whales.Dr. Ted Cranford, adjunct professor of research at San Diego State University, watched in anticipation as a minke whale was

  • Hill AFB Museum unveils new exhibit honoring its namesake

    Although it's perched on a mound of high ground just beneath the mighty Wasatch Mountains, Hill Air Force Base is not named after its rolling landscape. It's named after a man who gave his life for his country.Base officials hope a new exhibit featuring Major Ployer "Pete" Hill will celebrate the