A Look Back: Hill Air Force Base through the years

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A view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1957 photo.

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A view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1945 photo.

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Bombers and fighters fill an empty field at Hill Air Force Base, then called Hill Field, in 1945.

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A fighter sits on the tarmac at Hill Air Force Base in 1959.

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This photo shows a hangar at Hill Air Force Base in 1957.

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The original caption on this 1959 photo says: "F-102 Delta Daggers take up aboput half of the block-long maintenance repair hangars at Hill AFB as they undergo overhaul and repair. The supersonic interceptors share the hangars with two other first-line aircraft: F-101 Voodoos and F-89 Scorpions."

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The original caption on this 1959 photo says: "F-89 Scorpion interceptors fill a good portion of the block-long aircraft repair hangars at Hill AFB where they are modified and repaired. The Ogden Air Material Area has world-wide logistic support for F-89's."

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A view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1945 photo.

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The original caption on this 1959 photo says: "The BOMARC missile, shown on display at Hill AFB, is another weapon for which the Ogden Air Material Area has AF logistic support. Other missiles in OOMA's arsenal are the GAM-87, a guided air-launched missile: Minuteman, Snark, and Genie air-to-air rocket.

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P-47s are built in a hangar at Hill Air Force Base in 1945.

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The original caption on this 1944 photo says: "Though desperately needed overseas, these erstwhile giants of the sky -- B-24 Liberator four-engined bombers-- sit impotent and useless at Hill Field headquarters of the Ogden Air Service Command because sufficient civilian workers cannot be found to get them back into the air. They are a few of more than 50 such craft impatiantly awaiting overhaul by the "Keep 'Em Flying" services."

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An aerial view of Hill Air Force Base in 1958.

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Salt Lake Tribune file photo A view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1957 photo. Salt Lake Tribune file photo A view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1945 photo. Salt Lake Tribune file photo Bombers and fighters fill an empty field at Hill Air Force Base, then called Hill Field, in 1945. Salt Lake Tribune file photo A fighter sits on the tarmac at Hill Air Force Base in 1959. Salt Lake Tribune file photo This photo shows a hangar at Hill Air Force Base in 1957. Salt Lake Tribune file photo The original caption on this 1959 photo says: "F-102 Delta Daggers take up aboput half of the block-long maintenance repair hangars at Hill AFB as they undergo overhaul and repair. The supersonic interceptors share the hangars with two other first-line aircraft: F-101 Voodoos and F-89 Scorpions." Salt Lake Tribune file photo The original caption on this 1959 photo says: "F-89 Scorpion interceptors fill a good portion of the block-long aircraft repair hangars at Hill AFB where they are modified and repaired. The Ogden Air Material Area has world-wide logistic support for F-89's." Salt Lake Tribune file photo A view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1945 photo. Salt Lake Tribune file photo The original caption on this 1959 photo says: "The BOMARC missile, shown on display at Hill AFB, is another weapon for which the Ogden Air Material Area has AF logistic support. Other missiles in OOMA's arsenal are the GAM-87, a guided air-launched missile: Minuteman, Snark, and Genie air-to-air rocket. Salt Lake Tribune file photo P-47s are built in a hangar at Hill Air Force Base in 1945. Salt Lake Tribune file photo The original caption on this 1944 photo says: "Though desperately needed overseas, these erstwhile giants of the sky -- B-24 Liberator four-engined bombers-- sit impotent and useless at Hill Field headquarters of the Ogden Air Service Command because sufficient civilian workers cannot be found to get them back into the air. They are a few of more than 50 such craft impatiantly awaiting overhaul by the "Keep 'Em Flying" services." Salt Lake Tribune file photo An aerial view of Hill Air Force Base in 1958.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· January 11, 2013 11:08 am

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

The Salt Lake Tribune occasionally presents images from its archives and the archives of the Utah State Historical Society in a special series called A Look Back. Today, is a series of photos of Hill Air Force Base through the years, as the 75th Air Base Wing prepares to change commanders.

Every gallery of the series is available at http://www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback. Here are some of the previous installments:

Dogs in Utah around 1900

Utah's early cultural diversity

Utah artists from the late 1800s to the early 1900s

Presidential visits to Utah from the 1860s

Hunting and fishing in the early 1900s

BYU, Utah football programs

Saloons, brewing companies in Utah around 1900

The centennial Days of '47 parade in downtown Salt Lake City from July 1947

Women's fashion from 1949-50

Construction of the Salt Lake Temple and SLC in the 1800s

Utah college life from the 1930s to 1960s

Old newspaper advertisements

People and events in Salt Lake City from the 1930s, '40s and '50s

Historical images of Sugar House

Aerial images of Salt Lake City in the 1960s

Historic photos of Temple Square

Historic scenes from Salt Lake City

The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Salt Lake City in the 1900s

Key moments in Utah Jazz history

Salt Lake City's Liberty Park from 1935 to 1951

Kennecott Utah Copper Mine in the 1930s and 1940s

Salt Lake City and other Utah cities in the 1800s

Historical buildings in Salt Lake City