WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO COLLECTION
Photo WCHS-00394
Photo of a United States Army Bell UH-1 "Huey" helicopter at the old St. George Airport.
Contributed by Washington County Record Archives 10/9/2009.
This picture was taken on the black hill at the old Saint George airport back in the day when there was an Air Force station there. The Air Force had two radars housed inside bubbles. F-15's would attempt to fly below the radar avoiding detection. It was our and fun to watch. This was during the Viet Nam days. Mid to late 1960's. When the war wound down they left. The radar team worked out of a single wide trailer house that was approximately 12'x50' placed next to the radars to the south. B-52 bombers would fly over the pine valley mountains going south and drop chaff on the old dump that was up above the Saint George Industrial Park on old Turkey Farm Road. Or they would drop chaff on the Dixie High School. The Air Force radar team would determine if the bombers were successful in dropping their bombs on the old dump or high school. There was much discussion back and forth as to whether the pretend bombs hit their intended targets. Bill Jergins