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Show 1T 1 I M S January 8, 2015 7 WWII veterans to attend D.C. commemoration Many Utah Honor Flight vets die before they can take off aren't guys who spend time on the Internet, or even watch a lot of TV anymore." Funded solely by donations, the Honor Flights give a veteran a 3-day trip to Washington D.C. to visit the monuments built in their memory in the nation's capital for those who've never been. "There's 120 guys ahead of them at least," Steve Snow, Utah Honor Flight's office manager, said of the Box Elder group. Five WWII vets on the Utah Honor Flight waiting list have passed away in the last two months, said Mike Turner, director. A retired Sevier County Sheriff's deputy, Snow is a volunteer BY TIM GURRISTER Hilltop Times correspondent BRIGHAM CITY — Volunteers at the Senior Citizens Center here signed up 15 World War II soldiers at a Veterans Day commemoration for an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. But many of them will no doubt die before their flight takes off. "They were so excited," said Kristy Law, Brigham City's community services director. The oldest vet was 95 years old, with two others aged 93 and 91. "What was hard to get across was that it was free to them," she said. "Most of them had never heard of Honor Flight. These TREVOR CHRISTENSEN/The Associated Press With his arm around his daughter, Vernon Hughes salutes during a homecoming ceremony for Honor Flight veterans at Vernon Worthen Park in St. George, June 25. five flights a year after three in 2013, and four this year. Honor flight hubs typically don't fly Ulmer said. "It's horrible. Especially when you talk to them and they're so excited. Then two in the winter, with the risks of inclement weather for wheelchairbound elderly and the threat of pneumonia. Sponsored flights are rare, where a business or other entity helps with the typical 560,000 tab for a flight. The ATK aerospace company helped with a flight downstate earlier this year, as did Performance Auto Group, which operates seven car dealerships in Tooele and Bountiful. But that's about it so far, money more commonly coming in smaller amounts from school childrens' fund-raisers, such as $10,000 from a Riverton middle school on Dec. 19. "You can't believe how many S5 and $10 checks we get in the mail on a daily basis," Snow said. Weekly bank deposits are typiSee VETS I Page 11 $3.3 BILLION opt ESTIMATE OF NUMBER & DOLLAR VALUE OF INDIRECT JOBS CREATED Type of Personnel # of Base Jobs Active Duty Military Multiplier # of Indirect Jobs TOTAL ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ($M) 4,131 0.50 2,066 967 0.21 203 53,500.0 APF Civilians 11,736 1.66 19,482 53,000.0 Other Civilians 3,627 1.66 6,021 52,500.0 - T&AL 20,461 Reserve/ANG/Trainees — Hill AFB 2014 27,772 S 312. $2,000.0 51,500.0 Estimated Number Average Annual of Indirect Jobs Created Pay for the Local Community Estimated Annual Dollar Value of Jobs Created 27,772 51, 228.7 S1,187.0 49061 $1,000.0 $500.0 $42,740 $ao GRAND TOTAL PAY R OLL. EXPENDITURES $1,186,975,280 $ VALUE JOSS CREATED TOTAL ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ESTIMATE ANNUAL PAYROLL Military $258,606,868 Federal Civilian $958,043,628 Other Civilian ANNUAL EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED ANNUAL $ VALUE OF JOBS CREATED Estimated Indirect Jobs Created Average Annual Pay GRAND TOTAL Northern Utah's 2014 economic benefit from military community By MITCH SHAW Hilltop Times staff H $1,228,684,012 ILL AIR FORCE BASE — If Hill Air Force Base ever shuts down, it will take billions of dollars from the Top of Utah economy with it, according to a new report released by the base. Hill released its 2014 economic impact statement this week, a document that provides general information about the economic impact Hill has on the surrounding community. The report is made TOTAL ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT BY % Hill AFB 2014 PAYROLL 37.0% $12,033,516 $906,741,301 $1,181,226,880 $ VALUE JOBS CREATED 35.7% EXPENDITURES 27.3% 27,772 $42,740 $3,322,400,593 available to federal, state and local officials and the general public. It can be found at www.hill. af.mil . The report counts Hill's total population at 23,969 — a figure that is made up of 5,089 military members, 3,508 military dependents and 11,736 civilians. There are 20,461 jobs at Hill — 4,131 active-duty military positions; 967 Reserve, Guard and trainee positions; 11,736 federal civilian positions and another 3,627 nonfederal civilian and contractor positions. Of those 20,000-some employees, Hill doles out an annual payroll of $1.23 billion. The largest chunk of that money, which is nearly $960 million, goes to civilians working on base. Military members account for nearly $260 million of the total payroll, and non-federal civilians and contractors make a total just above $12 million. The report also says the work done at Hill creates an additional 27,772 indirect jobs that pump $1.2 billion into Utah's economy. The base spent nearly $907 million in fiscal 2014. Nearly $885 million on services and the pro- curement of materials, equipment and supplies; more than $21 million comes in the form of construction costs. The construction cost number should spike in coming years as Hill prepares for the arrival of the F-35A. There are more than 20 projects ongoing at Hill that must be completed between now and July 2015, before the F-35s begin arriving in October 2015. The construction includes a bevy of items, ranging from completely new hangars, renovation and expansion of a buildings to new flight simulators and earth-covered bunkers for aircraft munitions. Another 13 projects will be completed by the time construction associated with the jet finally concludes in 2019. Construction work associated with the F-35 will eventually exceed $100 million. The base is scheduled to receive 72 F-35s. Between its payroll total, expenditures and estimated dollar value of indirect jobs created, the base report estimates Hill's total economic impact will amount to more than $3.32 billion in 2014. |
