Hill Air Force Base is an
Air Force Materiel Command
base located in northern Utah. Hill is home to many operational and support
missions, with the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC) serving as the host
organization. The center provides worldwide engineering and logistics
management for the
F-16 Fighting Falcon,
A-10 Thunderbolt,
Minuteman III and
Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The base performs depot maintenance of the F-16, A-10 and
C-130 Hercules aircraft.
The center is responsible for
Air Force-wide item management, depot-level
overhaul and repair for all types of landing gear, aircraft wheels, brakes and tires. The logistics for all
conventional air munitions, solid propellants
and explosive devices used throughout the Air Force are managed at Hill AFB. The center is the Air Force
Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for low-observable ('stealth') aircraft structural
composite materials and provides support for the
B-2 Spirit multi-role bomber.
A full range of sustainment and
logistics support is provided for space and command,
control, communication and intelligence systems. The center provides
worldwide logistical support for mature
(T-37,
T-38)
and proven (F-4, F-5, F-111, OV-10) aircraft.
Hill is also responsible for
providing photonics imaging and reconnaissance equipment; aircraft and
missile crew training devices; avionic, hydraulic, pneudraulic and radar
components; instruments; gas turbine engines; power equipment systems;
special purpose vehicles; shelters; and software engineering, development
and support.
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