Air Force Temporarily Moves Utah Fighter Jet Unit to Idaho
May 30, 2019, 2:25 PM | Updated: Jun 8, 2022, 5:06 pm
OGDEN, UT - MARCH 15: An F-35 fighter jet taxies out for a training mission at Hill Air Force Base on March 15, 2017 in Ogden, Utah. Hill is the first Air Force base to get combat ready F-35's. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
(Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
The Deseret News reports that the 34th Fighter Squadron and the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit are relocating their F-35A Lightning II operations from Hill Air Force Base to Mountain Home Air Force Base.
Air Force officials say the Hill runway is undergoing a nearly $44 million repair and expansion project.
The public affairs chief for the 75th Air Base Wing, Thomas Mullican, says the project includes repaving the runway, upgrading the electrical system and widening its shoulders.
Micah Garbarino, spokesman for the 388th, says the squadron will be in Idaho until the current construction phase is completed in early August.
