Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base
Ogden, Utah in United States of America
A F-35A Lightning II of the 388th Fighter Wing touches down at Hill Air Force Base in 2015.
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Coordinates	41°07′26″N 111°58′22″W / 41.12389°N 111.97278°W / 41.12389; -111.97278
Type	US Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.hill.af.mil
Site history
Built	1939 (1939) – 1940
In use	1940 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Daniel Cornelius[1]
Garrison	75th Air Base Wing (Host) 388th Fighter Wing 419th Fighter Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: HIF, ICAO: KHIF, FAA LID: HIF, WMO: 725755
Elevation	1,459.6 metres (4,789 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 14/32 4,114.8 metres (13,500 ft) Porous European Mix
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Hill Air Force Base (IATA: HIF, ICAO: KHIF, FAA LID: HIF) is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in Davis County, Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and bordering the Cities of Layton, Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, and Sunset with its largest border immediately adjacent to Clearfield and Layton. It is about 30 miles (48 km) north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who died in 1935 test-flying NX13372, the original Model 299 prototype of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. As of 2018, Hill AFB is the sixth-largest employer in the state of Utah.^[3] Hill AFB is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software, avionics, and accessories components. The OO-ALC is part of the Air Force Sustainment Center.^[4]

The host unit at Hill AFB is the AFMC's 75th Air Base Wing (75 ABW), which provides services and support for the OO-ALC and its subordinate organizations. Additional tenant units at Hill AFB include operational fighter wings of Air Combat Command (ACC) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).^[5]