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Courtesy | Hill Air Force Base A Marine Corps F-35 performs a vertical takeoff or landing at Hill Air Force Base in 2015. The b Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Col. David B. Lyons, Commander of the 388 Fighter Wing, gets out of a F-35 at Hill Air For Courtesy | Hill Air Force Base A Marine Corps F-35 performs a vertical takeoff or landing at Hill Air Force Base in 2015. The b Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, 34th Fighter Squadron Director of Operations, hugs his daughter Mak Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune A F-35 arrives at Hill Air Force Base Wednesday September 2, 2015. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune A F-35 arrives at Hill Air Force Base Wednesday September 2, 2015. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune A F-35 arrives at Hill Air Force Base Wednesday September 2, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Maj. Gen. Brent H. Baker Sr., Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander (left) Sen. Orrin Hatch, FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, file photo, an F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in no FILE - In this July 7, 2006, file photo, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown after it was unveiled in a ceremon Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Members of the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit pose for a picture in front of a F-35 at Hil Chris Detrick | Tribune file photo A F-35 arrives at Hill Air Force Base in Sept. 2015. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune A F-35 arrives at Hill Air Force Base Wednesday September 2, 2015.