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State and local leaders, along with base and Air Force leadership, use shovels to dig into soil set up for an official groundbreaking for the next building to begin construction in the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park at Hill Air Force Base Jan. 18. (Left to right) They include: Rep. Lee Perry (R-Perry), Chief of Real Property Management Portfolio Air Force Real Property Agency John Busca, Falcon Hill Enhanced Use Lease Program Manager Darrin Wray, Clearfield Mayor Don Wood, Rep. Brad Dee (R-Ogden), Sen. Scott Jenkins (R-Weber), 75th Air Base Wing commander Col. Sarah Zabel, Sen. Stuart Adams (R-Weber), Sen. Jerry Stevenson (R-Davis), Woodbury Corp. vice president of Developement Jeff Woodbury, Woodbury corporate secretary and VP of Commericial Management Randy Woodbury, Hunt Senior VP Juan Gonzalez-Garza, Rep. Steve Handy (R-Layton) and Rep. Brad Wilson (R-Kaysville). (U.S. Air Force photo by: Alex Llyod)

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Angie Tymofichuk, Ogden Air Logistics Center director of the Engineering Directorate, and Tim Ameel, chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Utah, shake hands after signing an Educational Partnership Agreement on June 13 in a conference room at Hill Air Force Base. The agreement paves the way for upper level graduate students to do research with the base and work on state-of-the-art problems which the Air Force and the base have before them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex Lloyd)

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Storing a vehicle properly while deployed doesn't have to be a hassle. Hill Air Force Base has a free, secure long-term parking area for deploying members. For people who are overly cautious about their cars, researching and applying quality storage methods can help ease anxiety. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Smith)

Avian influenza laboratory research

Dr. Taronna Maines, a microbiologist in the influenza branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, inoculates 10-day old embryonated hen's eggs with a specimen containing an H5N1 avian influenza virus. (Photo by Greg Knobloch)