by - January 20, 2026 2:23 pm
An F-35A fighter jet belonging to Finland arrived late Tuesday (Jan. 20) morning in Fort Smith as part of a live-flight training cycle that will see 20 Finnish Air Force…
by - October 7, 2025 3:25 pm
Speaking to several hundred people Tuesday (Oct. 7) at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, Finland Ambassador Leena-Kaisa Mikkola dropped a bit of holiday humor into a…
by - May 2, 2025 10:04 am
“There’s no chance they’ll bring that mission to Fort Smith.” That was the first thought Col. Jay “Evil” Spohn had when asked to review sites for a planned new foreign…
by - April 28, 2025 11:18 am
The first class of Polish Air Force pilots who are set to graduate from the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith are the…
by - March 18, 2025 8:45 pm
Despite global rumblings about NATO allies and other foreign nations being concerned about using the F-35 fighter, retired Air Force Col. Rob Ator said Tuesday (March 18) the F-35 pilot…
by - March 5, 2025 4:03 pm
Two members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation are not concerned about the future of a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, even with U.S.-NATO relations in new and uncertain territory,…
by - December 12, 2024 4:54 pm
The first two F-35 fighter jets built for Poland will soon roll off the Lockheed production line in Fort Worth, Texas, and Col. Nicholas Ihde is ready to fly one…
by - September 20, 2024 12:02 pm
With sounds of construction and activity in the background, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) on Friday (Sept. 20) held a “proof of concept” ceremony at Ebbing Air National Guard Base…
by - August 29, 2024 4:57 pm
Eight U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets will roar into Fort Smith for a September exercise that follows the branch’s “Agile Combat Employment” (ACE) doctrine, and provides an early test…
by - March 15, 2023 1:46 pm
While Singapore pilots have been most associated with the foreign pilot training center to be based in Fort Smith, it will be F-35 pilots from Poland who are expected to…
