by - April 18, 2016 6:00 pm
U.S. AIr Force Secretary Deborah James has asked Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta for relief from a technicality that might cause the Fort Smith Regional Airport to not be…
by - December 29, 2014 2:31 pm
A more than $30 million medical college with a reserve of more than $100 million, a significant expansion of a large employer with a global footprint and an unsettling settlement…
by - June 7, 2014 2:53 pm
As the last two A-10 Warthogs departed the Air National Guard base in Fort Smith on Saturday (June 7), a small boy looking to the sky was excited about what…
by - June 2, 2014 5:23 pm
The departure of the of the A-10 flying mission at the 188th Fighter Wing means more than just the flying Razorbacks are leaving Fort Smith's airport, so is firefighting protection…
by - May 16, 2014 7:20 pm
The 188th Fighter Wing flew its last training mission with its A-10 aircraft Friday (May 16) before the planes leave Fort Smith for the final time as the fighter wing…
by - April 7, 2014 12:59 pm
The 188th Fighter Wing’s Ebbing Air National Guard Base will host seven F-16C Falcons and 40 maintenance, operation and support personnel from the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s Tulsa-based 138th Fighter…
by - March 20, 2014 6:49 pm
The 188th Fighter Wing, which is in the process of converting to an intelligence and recon unit, has received approval to spend $12.5 million to build a 40,000-square-foot facility that…
by - January 30, 2013 5:31 pm
The 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith has not had much reason to celebrate as of late, but that could soon change. A visit to the air national guard base…
by - January 29, 2013 8:14 pm
The finality of the decision to replace the A-10 fighters of the Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing with a vague remotely piloted aerial vehicle recon mission is best encapsulated from…
by - January 23, 2013 12:38 pm
Umarex and Walther Arms, Inc., recently announced they would share a campus in Fort Smith, housing both the expansion of Umarex operations and North American headquarters for Walther, makers of…
by - January 19, 2013 12:36 pm
After the Friday (Jan. 18) visit to the 188th Fighter Wing by Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Mark Welsh III, Major Heath Allen with the 188th issued…
by - January 15, 2013 7:38 pm
It may be just as Arkansas’ Congressional Delegation suspected: The decision to strip the Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing of its A-10 mission was primarily a factor of domestic geography…
by - January 4, 2013 12:19 pm
Arkansas’ Congressional delegation say the door remains open to save the mission of the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith, although recent approval of federal legislation outlining future U.S. defense…
by - January 2, 2013 3:43 pm
Lost jobs, the possible loss of manned aircraft for the 188th Fighter Wing and controversy over trash service were some of the top stories in the Fort Smith region during…
by - December 19, 2012 8:33 am
Members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation on Wednesday said they are “extremely disheartened” about that a compromise on cuts in the U.S. defense budget do not include a plan to retain…
by - December 18, 2012 1:19 pm
The Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing is bracing for bad news Tuesday night (Dec. 18). A report from CQ Roll Call revealed that a compromise is expected to pass among…
by - November 30, 2012 4:18 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, says Arkansas’ Congressional delegation and community leaders in the Fort Smith area will have to work hard to stop the “pure political decisions” behind an…
by - October 24, 2012 6:13 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors set preservation of the 188th Fighter Wing mission and advancement of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS, A.K.A. "the 12-foot channel") as post-election…
by - October 12, 2012 3:16 pm
Only the 188th Fighter Wing could pry Vicky Allen’s arms away from her son Kyle. But on Friday (Oct. 12) each of the returning 280 members had missions of their…
by - August 21, 2012 10:28 pm
Fort Smith sent a message to U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., on Tuesday night (Aug. 21) at the Defending Our Defenders Listening Session. Hundreds of citizens, including civic leaders, city…
