HILL AIR FORCE BASE — For the third time in the past month, fighter pilots from Hill Air Force Base will be working on their dark sky flying skills.Micah Garbarino, spokesman with Hill’s 388th Fighter Wing, said pilots from the active duty 388th and reserve 419th fighter wings will conduct ...

PERRY — Like many veterans from his generation, Norm Nelson can’t quite imagine what his life would have been like if not for the military.The 79-year-old Perry resident’s introduction to the armed services began with his father, who served in World War II. Following in his dad’s ...

OGDEN — Tom Montez volunteered to go to Vietnam.Looking back, the Ogden Army veteran says he had no idea what he was getting into, but if he had to make the decision again today, he’d likely do the same.“I had friends that were going,” Montez says, in a pragmatic tone. “So, I just ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Though the seeds to establish the installation were planted well before the world’s deadliest conflict began, Hill Air Force Base will always be closely tied to the Second World War.Hill celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. According to Hill’s 75th Air Base ...

OGDEN — Dennis Howland says it was his father, Oliver Howland, who inspired him to join the Marines.“My dad was a World War II veteran and we were always a military family,” says Howland, who grew up in Iowa. “We weren’t pressured or forced to join the military, but I always knew I ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Hill Air Force Base turns 80 this year and the beginning of one of the installation’s most important missions can be traced back eight decades as well.Today, Hill’s active-duty 388th and reserve 419th fighter wings tandem to operate the Air Force’s premier F-35 ...