A group of Hill AFB dignitaries and Sen. Orrin Hatch help cut the ribbon for the Building 1515 addition at Hill AFB.


2009: A look back (6) Building 1515 addition officially opens
2009: A look back (6) Building 1515 addition officially opens The addition to Building 1515 officially opened at Hill Air Force Base on Aug. 24, nearly doubling the space available there for 309th Software Maintenance Group operations within its walls. Sen. Orrin Hatch attended, along with Hill AFB top leadership, for the red ribbon cutting. The senator announced that the addition would help make... Read more
TSgt Benjamin Horton, 775 CES EOD technician stands near the Senji Bridge in north Afghanistan, Konar Province.


2009: A look back -- (4) Hill sergeant an Air Force Airman of the Year
Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Horton, 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, was named an Air Force Airman of the Year, one of 12 selected at the Air Force level for their accomplishments. Previous to this honor, he advanced after being selected as Air Force Materiel Command Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. "Tech. Sgt. Horton is a tremendous warrior and American, emblematic of every Airman wearing the uniform... Read more


People 2009: A look back -- (4) Strong choices for'Little D' bring rewarding results
People 2009: A look back -- (4) Strong choices for 'Little D' bring rewarding results Connie Delamater, 75th Force Support Squadron, was at church with her husband, Dan, and heard a request for help in the case of a young Air Force staff sergeant who would soon deploy and needed someone to help her with her special needs child. They approached the chaplain following the service, took a course... Read more
Motivational speaker Nick Vujicic talks May 7 at the National Day of Prayer ceremony at Hill AFB. (SSgt. Kyle Brasier)


People 2009: A look back -- (3) Nick Vujicic presents message at National Day of Prayer
The National Day of Prayer Ceremony at Hill Air Force Base featured a motivational speaker, Nick Vujicic, who talked about how he made his own way with the use of prayer after being born without limbs. "When I was a kid, I would go to school and say, 'Why did God let me have no arms or legs?'ââ" he said. "All I saw was unfairness." After trying to drown himself at age 8, and struggling for some... Read more
Motivational speaker Nick Vujicic talks May 7 at the National Day of Prayer ceremony at Hill AFB. (SSgt. Kyle Brasier)


People 2009: A look back -- (2) Mega-savant visits Hill, speaks at Disabilities Award Luncheon
Kim Peek, a mega-savant who was considered a genius in 15 different subjects and inspired the character Dustin Hoffman played in the 1988 movie "Rain Man," joined his father, Fran, to be the guest speakers of the 2009 Disabilities Awards Luncheon held at Club Hill on Oct. 22. After spending time with Kim to research his character, Hoffman asked Fran to promise that he'd take Kim out into the... Read more


People, 2009: A look back -- Some of Hill's most fascinating individuals in '09
After Josie Houghton lost her husband, Capt. George "Ice" Houghton, when his F-16 Fighting Falcon went down in a remote area of the Utah Test and Training Range on June 22, she wanted one particular item to be recovered from the crash site: her husband's wedding ring. Although pilots cannot wear their wedding rings while flying jets, they often carry their rings somewhere on their person during... Read more


Hill's FCC program is AFMC's Family Child Care of the Year recipient
Lee Anne Hensley, Hilltop Times staff
The 75th Force Support Squadron Family Child Care program was recently named the Air Force Materiel Command Family Child Care of the Year for the 2009 fiscal year. Denise Jenkins, FCC Training and Curriculum specialist, says the award provides official recognition of "an outstanding program we have here at Hill Air Force Base. It is a big honor to be recognized for all of our hard work." Some of... Read more
An F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft banks near the flight line at Eglin, AFB, Fla., on April 23.


2009: A look back -- (3) Hill Air Force Base on site list for F-35 basing consideration
Air Force officials announced Oct. 29 that Hill Air Force Base had made the candidate list of basing locations for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. The base was among 11 other sites under consideration after looking at criteria such as airspace, flight training ranges, weather, support facilities, runways, taxi ramps and environmental concerns, and military judgment factors... Read more


2009: A look back -- (2) Maj. Gen. Busch takes command of OO-ALC
In a ceremony July 2 in Hangar 204, Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close relinquished command of the Ogden Air Logistics Center to Maj. Gen. Andrew Busch. Busch came to Hill Air Force Base from Richmond, Va., where he commanded the Defense Supply Center Richmond. In the change of command ceremony July 2, Busch said he planned to reinvigorate the nuclear enterprise and create a "more efficient and... Read more


Year of the Air Force Family: Military housing rates set for 2010
Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON -- Military members will see an average raise of 2.5 percent in housing allowance rates in 2010, a Basic Allowance Housing program analyst for the Defense Department in Washington, D.C., said Dec. 16. The increase comes to an average of around $37 per month for the more than 900,000 service members expected to draw the basic allowance for housing in 2010. Some areas will see a higher... Read more