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30-601: The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires 2,500 enplanements per year). Alliance Municipal Airport was built during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as one of eleven USAAF training airfields in Nebraska during World War II . On April 14, 1942, the Secretary of War authorized

60-567: Is 9,203 by 150 feet (2,805 by 46 m); 17/35 is 6,311 by 75 feet (1,924 by 23 m); 8/26 is 6,190 by 75 feet (1,887 by 23 m). In the year ending May 31, 2022; the airport had 13,697 aircraft operations, average 38 per day: 90% general aviation , 9% airline, <1% air taxi , and <1% military. 53 aircraft were then based at the airport: 49 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, and 1 glider. Scheduled nonstop passenger flights: National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems ( NPIAS )

90-554: 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 ,

120-707: Is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. NPIAS was developed and now maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It identifies existing and proposed airports that are significant to national air transportation in the U.S., and thus eligible to receive federal grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). It also includes estimates of the amount of AIP money needed to fund infrastructure development projects that will bring these airports up to current design standards and add capacity to congested airports. The FAA

150-418: Is required to provide Congress with a five-year estimate of AIP-eligible development every two years. The NPIAS contains all commercial service airports , all reliever airports , and selected general aviation airports. This aviation -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hill AFB Hill Air Force Base ( IATA : HIF , ICAO : KHIF , FAA LID : HIF )

180-532: The F-35 Lightning II , F-16 Fighting Falcon , A-10 Thunderbolt II , and Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile . The 75th Air Base Wing is responsible for the base operating support of all units at Hill AFB. The 75th ABW provides base operating support for the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, and 50+ mission partner units. Hill AFB has also housed

210-546: The Hi-Fi murders , which took place at the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah , on April 22, 1974. Selby and Andrews were both sentenced to death for murder and aggravated robbery while Roberts, who had remained in a getaway vehicle, was convicted of robbery. Evidence gathered from a trashbin on base and from the perpetrators' barracks was instrumental in their convictions. One of the survivors of

240-728: The 1940s and 1950s. Hill Field became the Hill Air Force Base on 5 February 1948, following the creation of the United States Air Force . During the Korean War , Hill AFB was assigned a major share of the Air Materiel Command 's logistical effort to support the combat in Korea . Hill AFB personnel quickly removed needed warplanes from storage, renovated them, and added them to active-service USAF flying squadrons . Then during

270-588: The 1960s, Hill AFB began to perform maintenance support for various kinds of jet warplanes, mainly the F-4 Phantom II during the Vietnam War , and then afterward, the more modern F-16 Fighting Falcon , A-10 Thunderbolt II and C-130 Hercules , and also air combat missile systems and air-to-ground rockets . Hill AFB continues to carry out these tasks to the present day. The Ogden Air Logistics Complex provides worldwide engineering and logistics management for

300-623: The 30-acre (120,000 m ) Hill Aerospace Museum since 1981. This contains more than 80 retired USAF, U.S. Army Air Forces , U.S. Navy and former Warsaw Pact fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters , and missiles. The Utah Test and Training Range is one of the only live-fire U.S. Air Force training ranges within the United States . It is located in far western Utah, close to the Nevada border, and it extends both north and south of Interstate Highway 80 , with several miles of separation on each side of

330-583: The Air Force Sustainment Center. 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). Hill Air Force Base is named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill (1894–1935),

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360-576: The Chief of the Flying Branch of the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Material Division of Wright Field , Dayton, Ohio . Major Hill had died as a result of injuries he received from the crash of the Boeing Aircraft Company 's experimental aircraft Boeing Model 299 at Wright Field, the prototype airplane for what became the famous B-17 Flying Fortress . Hill Air Force Base traces its origins back to

390-660: The Interstate Highway. The portion of the bombing range that lies north of Interstate 80 is also west of the Great Salt Lake . The Utah Test and Training Range lies in Tooele County , and the land is owned by the state of Utah, but the use of the airspace and training exercises are scheduled by Hill AFB. On September 8, 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's Genesis space probe crash-landed on

420-463: The Troop Carrier Command closed the facility permanently and began to make plans to sell the surplus property. By December 1945 the facility was declared surplus property. Nonetheless, its status remained in limbo. The city of Alliance showed interest in acquiring the facility. However, in the fall of 1946 Nebraska congressman Arthur L. Miller stated that the airfield would be withdrawn from

450-564: The USAAF units, the Army 326th Glider Infantry , 507th Parachute Infantry , and 878th Airborne Engineers trained at Alliance before deployment to the European Theater. As paratroopers flooded into Alliance, housing was short. A federal housing project was built at the east end of Alliance, apartment complexes with plain stucco walls, coal heating stoves, and rows of chimneys along the rooflines, thus

480-512: The attack, Cortney Naisbitt, later trained in computers and worked at Hill Air Force Base. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Note: Much of this text in an early version of this article was taken from pages on the Hill Air Force Base Website , which as a work of the U.S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource . That information

510-400: The buildings were considered temporary, to be used for a few years. The airfield had a railroad spur, power plant, waterworks, sewage system and 35,503 feet (10,821 m) of runways. The airfield had been planned as a training facility for paratroops and air commandos, which needed long runways for C-47 Skytrains to tow gliders. On August 22, 1943, a huge crowd of 65,000 people gathered for

540-574: The city of Alliance and the federal government finalized the transfer for the land and buildings which were to become the Alliance Municipal Airport. Today many World War II-era buildings remain in use. Western DC-3s started flying to Alliance in the 1940s; Frontier replaced Western in 1959 and ended its Twin Otter flights in 1980. The airport covers 3,500 acres (1,416 ha ) at an elevation of 3,931 feet. It has three asphalt runways : 12/30

570-542: The dedication of Alliance Army Airfield , a training facility for Army paratroops and air crews. Between the opening of the airfield and spring 1944, the I Troop Carrier Command , 434th Troop Carrier Group commanded the airfield. The 411th Army Air Force Base Unit commanded the support elements at Alliance as part of Air Technical Service Command . In addition to the C-47s, the unit repaired B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator aircraft from other airfields. Alliance AAF

600-676: The establishment and construction of the Ogden Air Depot. Hill Field officially opened on 7 November 1940. Following American entry into World War II in December 1941, Hill Field quickly became an important maintenance and supply base, with round-the-clock operations geared to supporting the war effort. Battle-worn warplanes like the A-26 , B-17 , B-24 , B-29 , P-40 , P-47 , P-61 , were sent to Hill Field for structural repairs, engine overhauls, and spare parts. The peak wartime employment at Hill Field

630-548: The establishment of the field. It was built between summer 1942 and August 1943. The 4,205-acre (17.02 km) site is bordered by low rolling sandhills to the east, and a wide plain on the north, west and south. Snake Creek flows through the southern section of the property. During construction over 5,000 workers came from all over the country, causing a housing shortage. The population of Alliance doubled almost overnight. Workers moved into garages, store rooms, cellars, attics, and even their own trailers in established parks. Many of

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660-579: The ill-fated U.S. Army 's Air Mail "experiment" of 1934 when the idea originated for a permanent air depot in the Salt Lake City area. In the following years, the USAAC surveyed the region for a suitable location for the permanent western terminus of the air mail. Several sites in Utah were considered, and the present site near Ogden emerged as the clear favorite. In July 1939, Congress appropriated $ 8.0 million for

690-513: The name "Chimney Town." After the paratroops left Alliance, Second Air Force temporarily used the Alliance airfield in the fall of 1944 for the training of B-29 Superfortress crews. Training included teaching the B-29 air crews how to drop bombs and read navigational, aeronautical and bombsight equipment. Finally, in the summer of 1945, the 1st Troop Carrier Command returned to the airfield to train for

720-557: The nearby U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground , as planned. Flying and notable non-flying units based at Hill Air Force Base. Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Hill, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Air Combat Command (ACC) Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Three enlisted United States Air Force airmen stationed at Hill AFB – Pierre Dale Selby, William Andrews and Keith Roberts – were convicted in connection with

750-530: 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. 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

780-530: The proposed invasion of Japan. That necessity ended when Japan surrendered on September 6. On October 31, 1945, the Army Air Force "temporarily" deactivated the Alliance Army Airfield. Control of the airfield was assigned to Air Technical Service Command at Ogden Army Airbase , Utah . Though speculation was that the Army would make the huge Alliance airfield a permanent installation, by November 20

810-573: The surplus list to be reactivated for Troop Carrier Command training, in response to strained relations with the Soviet Union . This did not happen and the U. S. Government negotiated a disposition agreement for the facility. Due to disputes between the U.S. government and the city of Alliance, the final disposition of the airfield did not occur for many years. The government removed the railroad tracks and auctioned off 240 buildings, including lavatories, guard houses and barracks. Finally, on July 16, 1953,

840-669: The workers were Sioux Indians from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations, Mexicans from the Southwest, and African Americans from Wichita and Kansas City . The cantonment housing area of the airfield covered 1,088 acres (4.40 km), and had 775 buildings and other structures, including hangars, chapels, warehouses, barracks, mess halls, service buildings, and latrines. Some were brick and steel, such as aircraft hangars, but most were frame construction on concrete foundations. Tar paper and plywood were generally used for walls and flooring, as

870-435: Was divided into air operations, quartermaster, troop cantonment, and gunnery ranges. The airfield was home to as many as 14,000 paratroops in the area, using C-47 Skytrains as powered troop carriers, and CG-3/CG-4 Waco glider troop carriers for their training aircraft. The sandhills were thought to provide a softer landing than wooded areas for jumping paratroops. Known units that trained at Alliance AAF were: In addition to

900-586: Was reached in 1943 with just over 22,000 military and civilian personnel. Men and women at the depot rehabilitated and returned thousands of warplanes to combat. Starting in 1944, Hill Field was utilized for the long-term storage of surplus airplanes and their support equipment, including outmoded P-40 Tomahawks and P-40 Warhawks which had been removed from combat service and replaced by newer and better warplanes. P-47 Thunderbolts , B-24 Liberators , B-29 Superfortresses , and many other types of aircraft were also prepared for and placed in storage at Hill throughout

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