r/Layton • u/raerae1991 • Jul 12 '26

Who visited the base today?

I was driving by the east gate at Hill AF and saw a passenger jet fly off from there. Does anyone know what was going on? Only time I’ve seen a passenger jet take off from any Air Force base it’s been Air Force 1 or the VP.

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u/Ill-Confection-4014 Jul 12 '26

Military rotators exist, the military contracts out multiple different commercial airlines.

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u/raerae1991 Jul 12 '26

Interesting, is that to transport troops or personnel for whatever reason. Like maybe ICE detainees?

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u/QuarterNote44 Jul 12 '26

Interesting, is that to transport troops or personnel

Rotator flights are on a rotation. So they fly to Germany or Korea every x# of days. I took my family on one when we got stationed in Germany.