Historical Marker · No. 4659
US Army Ranger and Air Force Memorial
Antelope Island, Davis County · Utah
Erected 1994
On the stormy night of October 29, 1992, four special-operations helicopters left Hill Air Force Base on a training run. In rain and lightning, the fourth struck the Great Salt Lake off Antelope Island's north tip at about 150 miles an hour and exploded. Twelve of the thirteen aboard died — five Army Rangers, three of its Air Force crew and four Air Force combat controllers. Three Rangers paddled through burning fuel to bring in the pilot, the lone survivor. This granite marker keeps their names and faces; a pedestal beside it lists some three hundred donors.
Where it stands
41.06164, -112.23566 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Antelope Island State Park — 7.1 miA rugged island in the Great Salt Lake with free-roaming bison
- Hill Aerospace Museum — 13 miOver 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
- Ogden Union Station — 18 miA grand 1924 train depot turned museum complex
- Lagoon Amusement Park — 19 miA beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
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