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Inside the 'extremely difficult' Air Force broadcast of a historic space mission
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 7 - 7:04 p.m.
The 2nd Audiovisual squadron recently won a Webby People's Voice Award for their live broadcast of the OSIRIS-REx capsule landing at the Utah Test and Training Range last year.
Cox asks Pentagon to withdraw proposal he says would undermine National Guard authority
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted May 6 - 5:08 p.m.
Governors across the U.S. are pushing back against a Pentagon proposal to allow some 1,000 National Guard members to be transferred to the Space Force.
Hill Air Force Base announces 2 fiery new acts for summer air show with Thunderbirds
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 1 - 12:16 p.m.
A Pearl Harbor reenactment and an extreme pyrotechnic air and ground team will join regular crowd favorites at the Hill Air Force Base air show in June.
Hill Aerospace Museum's $22M expansion complete, opens to public on Thursday
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 29 - 10:32 p.m.
Hill Air Force Base and Hill Aerospace Museum officials ceremoniously unveiled a $22 million, 91,000-square-foot addition to the museum, which boosts indoor space at the facility by 70%.
A Utah crime lab linked a jawbone found in a boy's rock collection to a Marine's tragic death
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 19 - 7:38 a.m.
New "game-changing" DNA techniques by a Salt Lake lab helped repatriate the remains of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident over 200 miles from where the bone was found.
Air Force to begin exploding old rocket parts in Utah's west desert
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 9 - 3:40 p.m.
Hill Air Force operators are hoping Wasatch Front residents will not hear their biweekly blasts, which are used to dispose of old munitions at a remote pad in the Utah Test and Training Range
Utah's National Guard is changing its approach to reducing sexual assault
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 4 - 9:06 p.m.
After last year's leadership scandal, the Utah National Guard is forming new partnerships in academia and at the state level to slowly reinvent the culture of its organization.
Boeing wins $405M to test nuclear missile systems in 'extreme environments' in Utah
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 2 - 10:31 p.m.
A five-year, $405 million contract extension was given to Boeing, which operates the Little Mountain Test Facility on the western shore of the Great Salt Lake, to test nuclear missile systems.
Funding for new veterans homes in danger due to puzzling VA decision
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted March 31 - 7:06 p.m.
Projects to build or renovate veterans care facilities have been hampered by legislation passed after grant fundings were approved. The VA is refusing to provide exemptions to projects caught in transition.
Investigation into Utah nuclear engineer uncovers possible classified documents, warrant says
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted March 29 - 5:05 p.m.
Investigators serving a search warrant at the Syracuse home of a government defense contractor reported finding child sex abuse material and possible classified documents.
World War II Ghost Army veterans receive long-awaited Congressional Gold Medal
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted March 25 - 6:18 a.m.
The Ghost Army is credited with saving the lives of tens of thousands of American soldiers and shortening World War II against Nazi Germany by at least six months — without ever firing a shot.
Meet the F-35A demonstration commander at Hill Air Force Base
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted March 20 - 6:19 a.m.
Meet "MACH." She's the new commander of the F-35 Lightning II Demonstration Team at Hill Air Force Base. She grew up with a mother who was certified as a fighter pilot back in the day, but wasn't allowed to fly.
Utah Historical Society, Sema Hadithi foundation seeking items related to Black history
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 7 - 8:33 p.m.
Materials gathered at the Hill Air Force Base event will be copied and become part of the online Peoples of Utah Revisited collection.
Thousands of Utah veterans now eligible for VA health care, benefits
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted March 6 - 6:24 a.m.
Health care enrollment opened Wednesday for all veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving in the military.
Dangerous soil contamination at Hill to be treated before I-15 interchange construction begins
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted March 1 - 9:22 p.m.
After old rail shop buildings were demolished to make room for a new I-15 interchange, soil tests revealed trichloroethylene contamination "above the EPA-established maximum contaminant level."
Pilot uninjured after performing a belly landing at Hill Air Force Base
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 29 - 2:48 p.m.
A pilot is uninjured after an in-flight emergency on Thursday forced the pilot to utilize a belly landing maneuver at Hill Air Force Base.
Fighter jets intercept balloon over Utah
Ariel Harmer, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 23 - 6:20 p.m.
Fighter jets intercepted a small high-altitude balloon flying over Utah on Friday afternoon, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Utah's Sentinel defense project facing scrutiny over cost, but boosters say it's advancing
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 23 - 3:02 p.m.
The Sentinel defense project, a key prong of U.S. nuclear deterrence, is taking shape out of new Northrop Grumman facilities in Roy near Hill Air Force Base.
Hill Air Force Base's long-time drug dog retires with honors
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 18 - 4:04 p.m.
Military working dog Kay was Hill Air Force Base's only drug dog for years. When a spinal nerve issue pushed him into retirement, he found a new home with the Cooper family.
1 pilot injured in National Guard Apache crash released from hospital
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 13 - 4:21 p.m.
A day after a Utah National Guard Apache helicopter crashed in West Jordan, injuring two pilots, the Guard says one of the pilots has been released from the hospital.
Cox will send Utah National Guard, state troopers to southern Texas border
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 9 - 1:14 p.m.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Friday he is sending National Guardsmen and state troopers to the southern border in Texas.
Military spouses graduating from the Rosie Project celebrate new career opportunities in IT
Sky Mundell, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 3 - 10:31 p.m.
The Rosie Project, a tuition-free certification program created through a partnership between Hill AFB and WSU, is designed to give military spouses the chance of pursuing a career in IT.
Dugway Proving Ground will be new landing site for future Boeing Starliner missions
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 18 - 2:42 p.m.
Utah's West Desert will soon be the primary and backup landing site for future Boeing Starliner missions.
Hundreds gather to remember and honor veterans by placing wreaths at Salt Lake City Cemetery
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted Dec. 16 - 1:16 p.m.
Each December, Wreaths Across America holds ceremonies to remember, honor and teach citizens about the sacrifices veterans made for the country by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as more than 3,700 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad.
