Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at

Hill Air Force Base Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in northern 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 t ...

Roy, Utah Roy is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, located on the west side of Interstate 15. The population estimate in 2019 was 39,613, an increase of 5.8% from 36,884 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Ogden− Clearfield, Utah Metrop ...

. It is dedicated to the history of the base and aviation in Utah.

History

Preparations for a museum began in 1984, when ground was broken on an "Aerospace Park and Museum". The museum itself opened in 1987 in a World War II warehouse. In 1991, a new administration building and hangar were dedicated. The museum recovered a number of aircraft wrecks, including a B-24, B-26, P-38, and P-40 from Alaska in the mid-1990s. In 1996, the museum became the home of the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1997, it was alleged that seven years prior a number of artifacts and a C-131 were removed from the museum without authorization. The museum grew again in 1999, when a second display hangar was opened as the Lindquist-Stewart Fighter Gallery. A mezzanine was added to the first hangar, now renamed the Hadley Gallery, the following year. An exhibit about

Women Airforce Service Pilots The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became t ...

was opened in 2004. In 2014, the museum announced it would be removing 18 aircraft from its collection. Large scale repainting of the exterior display aircraft took place in 2015, with 5 airplanes and 2 missiles being affected. For the twentieth anniversary of its opening in 2016, the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was renovated. The museum completed the conversion of a C-130 fuselage into a classroom in 2019. The museum embarked on expansion in 2021, building a new restoration facility and receiving $12 million from the state for the construction of a third hangar. At the same time, it was forced to announce plans to demolish its World War II barracks as it was too deteriorated to repair. Ground was broken for the expansion in October 2022.

Facilities

The museum is also home to the Marc C. Reynolds Aerospace Center for Education, which is located inside a C-130 fuselage. In addition to its collection of aircraft, the museum also houses the Major General Rex A. Hadley Research Library and Archives, which contains technical and historical information related to the aircraft on display. Also onsite is the Col. Nathan H. Mazer Memorial Chapel.

Exhibits

The museum has a number of exhibits about aviators from Utah such as Brigadier General Leon C. Packer and former senator

Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in sp ...

. Other subjects include

nose art Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, usually on the front fuselage. While begun for practical reasons of identifying friendly units, the practice evolved to express the individuality often constrained b ...

of the 509th Composite Group and the

Eighth Air Force The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forc ...

Collection

* Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor * Bell TH-13F Sioux * Bell HH-1H Iroquois *

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...

Boeing B-29 Superfortress The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Fl ...

* Boeing B-52G Stratofortress *

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transport ...

Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known ...

Burgess Model F The Wright Model B was an early pusher biplane designed by the Wright brothers in the United States in 1910. It was the first of their designs to be built in quantity. Unlike the Model A, it featured a true elevator carried at the tail rat ...

* Cessna A-37 Dragonfly * Cessna O-2A Skymaster *

Cessna U-3A The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engine monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the first twin-engine aircraft that Cessna put into production after World War II. Development The 310 first fle ...

Consolidated B-24D Liberator The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models de ...

Convair C-131D Samaritan The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240 family of airliners.Gradidge 1997, p. 20–21. Design and development The design ...

* Convair T-29C * Convair F-102A Delta Dagger *

Convair F-106A Delta Dart The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last specialist interceptor ...

* Curtiss JN-4D Jenny * Curtiss P-40N Warhawk * de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou *

Douglas A-1E Skyraider The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly known as the AD Skyraider) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s. The Skyraider had an unusually long career, remaining in front-line service well into the Jet Age ...

* Douglas A-26B Invader * Douglas C-47B Skytrain * Douglas C-54G Skymaster * Douglas C-124C Globemaster II * Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar * Fairchild C-123K Provider * Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II * General Atomics MQ-1B Predator *

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful ...

* General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon * General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon * General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark *

Kaman HH-43B Huskie The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter with intermeshing rotors used by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps from the 1950s until the 1970s. It was primarily used for aircraft firefighting and re ...

* Lockheed C-140B JetStar * Lockheed F-104A Starfighter * Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk * Lockheed C-130E Hercules – fuselage only * Lockheed NC-130B Hercules *

Lockheed P-38J Lightning The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twi ...

* Lockheed SR-71C Blackbird * Lockheed T-33 – converted to resemble P-80 * Lockheed T-33A * Martin RB-57A Canberra *

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as a long-range bomber escort (known as a '' ...

* McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II * McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II *

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

* McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II * Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F * North American AT-6A Texan * North American B-25N Mitchell * North American F-86F Sabre *

North American F-86L Sabre The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the "Sabre Dog",) was an American transonic jet fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was an interceptor ...

* North American F-100A Super Sabre *

North American P-51D Mustang Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts. Allison-engined Mustangs N ...

* North American T-28B Trojan * North American T-39A Sabreliner * North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco * Northrop F-5E Tiger II * Northrop F-89H Scorpion * Northrop GT-38A Talon * Piasecki CH-21C Workhorse * Piper L-4J Grasshopper * PZL-Mielec Lim-5 * Republic F-84F Thunderstreak * Republic F-84G Thunderjet *

Republic F-105D Thunderchief The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American supersonic fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984. Capable of Mach 2, it conducted the majority of strike bombing missions during the early years of the Viet ...

* Republic F-105G Thunderchief * Republic P-47D Thunderbolt *

Rockwell B-1B Lancer The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It is commonly called the "Bone" (from "B-One"). It is one of three strategic bombers serving in the U.S. Air Force fleet along with ...

Ryan L-17 Navion The Ryan (originally North American) Navion is a single-engine, unpressurized, retractable gear, four-seat aircraft originally designed and built by North American Aviation in the 1940s. It was later built by Ryan Aeronautical Company and ...

* Sikorsky CH-3E *

Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stall ...

* Vought YA-7F * Vultee BT-13B Valiant F-16 at Hill Aerospace Museum2

References

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External links

*
Museum web site
on the

Utah Education Network The Utah Education Network (UEN) is a broadband and digital broadcast network serving public education, higher education, applied technology campuses, libraries, and public charter schools throughout the state of Utah. The Network facilitates inte ...

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