US Army Ranger and Air Force Memorial

On the stormy night of October 29, 1992, four special-operations helicopters lifted off from Hill Air Force Base for a training run across the Great Salt Lake. In rain and lightning, the fourth struck the water off Antelope Island's north tip at nearly 140 miles an hour and exploded. Twelve of the thirteen aboard were killed — five Army Rangers and seven Air Force combat controllers, most based half a country away. The lone survivor, the pilot, was paddled ashore by Rangers in inflatable kayaks. This granite marker near the causeway keeps their names and faces.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Antelope Island State Park — 7.1 mi
  A rugged island in the Great Salt Lake with free-roaming bison
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 15 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Ogden Union Station — 18 mi
  A grand 1924 train depot turned museum complex
• Lagoon Amusement Park — 19 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886

More markers nearby

• First House in Hooper — 7.5 mi
• The Old Emigrant Road — 8.8 mi
• Syracuse First Social Center — 9.2 mi
• Muskrat Springs-Hooper — 9.6 mi