Located in Ogden, Utah, just 20 miles from Salt Lake City, Hill Air Force Base employs 23,000 people, with nearly 1,000 civilians working as engineers and scientists in a wide variety of exciting activities.
A SONIC BOOM IS CAUSED BY AN OBJECT MOVING FASTER THAN SOUND - ABOUT 750 MPH AT SEA LEVEL.
The strongest sonic boom ever recorded was 144 pounds per square foot produced by a F-4 flying just above the speed of sound at an altitude of 100 feet operated by Air Force Space Command.