Hill Aerospace Museum
More than seventy aircraft turn aviation history into a study of engineering, labor, war, and Hill Air Force Base’s continuing role in northern Utah.
Artwork inspired by Mahonri M. Young
The museum moves from early flight through World War II, the Cold War, and modern air power, with aircraft ranging from a B-17 and C-124 to the SR-71, A-10, and F-117. Read the labels for mission and technological compromise, not simply speed or size: Range, payload, reconnaissance, survivability, and maintenance shaped each form.
Hill’s local story matters as much as the famous airframes. Northern Utah workers sustained, modified, and supplied military aircraft across generations. Give the Lindquist-Stewart Gallery time, then step outside to compare how scale, landing gear, access panels, and weathering become clearer around the outdoor aircraft.
- Aircraft
- More than 70 displayed
- Admission
- Free
- Allow
- 1½–2½ hours
Quick guide
- Begin
- Tour galleries before the outdoor air park
- Do not miss
- Study landing gear, bays, and maintenance access
Quick guide
- Begin
- Use the chronological galleries before heading to the air park.
- Do not miss
- Compare the SR-71’s reconnaissance design with the F-117’s stealth geometry.
- Look underneath
- Study landing gear, bomb bays, and maintenance access points.
- Local story
- Trace Hill AFB labor and logistics alongside aircraft technology.
Good to know
The museum is outside the secured base perimeter, so ordinary visitors do not need base credentials. The outdoor aircraft are exposed to sun, wind, and winter weather; see them early when summer pavement is cooler. Free admission does not include the $15, 25-minute A-10 VR experience, which has fixed slots, age/motion warnings, and strict no-refund and late-arrival terms.
Notice these
- SR-71 Blackbird
- F-117 Nighthawk
- Outdoor air park