Hill AFB
Hill Air Force Base is an Air Force Materiel Command base of the United States Air Force. Located in northern Utah, Hill AFB is the largest employer in the state as of 2004. Hill AFB is located in Davis and Weber counties, near Ogden.
Originally authorized in 1939 as the Ogden Air Depot, it was soon named Hill Field after Major Ployer Peter Hill, who had died testing a Boeing Model 299 aircraft. Hill Field officially opened on 7 November 1940, and soon became a key maintenance and supply base of World War II, peaking at 22,000 military and civilian workers in 1943. The base was given its present name in 1948.
