• Air Force plans prescribed burn on Utah Test and Training Range

    The Air Force plans a prescribed burn today through Oct. 23 on the Utah Test and Training Range’s North Range, which is located north of Interstate 80 between Wendover and Tooele. Travelers on I-80, near Exit 62, may notice fire and smoke during the burn period.

  • Air Force begins large detonations at Utah Test and Training Range

    The Air Force will begin large detonation operations at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) today and lasting through the end of September 2020. The detonations will occur two or three times a week and involve destroying the rocket motors and solid propellant of Air Force and Navy ballistic

  • Minuteman II and the beginning of Hill AFB’s ICBM support

    Much of Hill Air Force Base’s west area became part of the Boeing-operated Air Force Plant 77 in 1960. The aerospace contractor and Hill AFB worked vigorously throughout that year and the next to build the infrastructure needed to assemble and sustain the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile