A Look Back: Hill Air Force Base in the mid-1900s

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The original caption on this 1959 photo says:

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The original caption on this 1959 photo says:

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The original caption on this 1959 photo says:

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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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The original caption on this 1959 photo says:

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The original caption on this 1957 photo says:

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

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An aerial view of Hill Air Force Base in 1958.

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

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

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The original caption on this 1944 photo says:

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

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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 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: "Repair and modification of modern F-101 Voodoo aircraft is a major project in Ogden Air Material Area's maintenance directorate. Two maintenance teams also were sent overseas this year to support F-101's based there." 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 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 The original caption on this 1957 photo says: "Rex Hurley, chief of electronic data processing and programming at Hill AFB shows two Utah General Depot officials the "memory" unit of the huge IBM "electronic brain" at the base. Right are are Lt. Col. W.H. Langford, depot inspector, and John L. Steward, acting chief of the management assistance division." Salt Lake Tribune file photo This photo shows a hangar at Hill Air Force Base in 1957. Salt Lake Tribune file photo An aerial view of Hill Air Force Base in 1958. Salt Lake Tribune file photo A fighter sits on the tarmac at Hill Air Force Base in 1959. 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 view of Hill Air Force Base is seen in this 1945 photo. 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 P-47s are built in a hangar at Hill Air Force Base in 1945.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· August 26, 2011 9:44 am

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The Salt Lake Tribune occasionally presents images from its archives in a special series called A Look Back.

This collection shows Hill Air Force Base in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Salt Lake City in the 1900s • http://bit.ly/n8LwlY

Salt Lake City and other Utah cities in the 1800s • http://bit.ly/pWOlBH

Images from court actions against polygamous men in the 1940s • http://bit.ly/oMgRlu

The centennial Days of '47 parade in downtown Salt Lake City from July 1947 • http://bit.ly/nKcYLJ

Mining town of Mercur, Utah • http://bit.ly/qApcTy

NASA history • http://bit.ly/oCO1RR

Vintage aircraft from around Utah • http://bit.ly/irhYBd

Stereoscopic images of Eureka, Utah, in the early 1900s • http://bit.ly/jF02nD

Salt Lake City's Liberty Park from 1935 to 1951 • http://bit.ly/kkKQc6

Historical images of the 100-year-old Hotel Utah, which is now The Joseph Smith Memorial Building • http://bit.ly/mI7JB8

People and events in Salt Lake City from the 1930s, '40s and '50s • http://bit.ly/kAUB9j

Historical images of Sugar House • http://bit.ly/jHQhnX

Aerial images of Salt Lake City in the 1960s • http://bit.ly/iRGaoN

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