by - March 15, 2023 11:04 am
It’s official. Fort Smith will be home to a foreign military pilot training center, initially bringing more than 500 military personnel and an estimated 300 “dependent families” to the city…
by - February 6, 2023 5:22 pm
A final Environmental Impact Statement released in late January by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) continues to show Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith as the “preferred” site…
by - June 13, 2022 7:19 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 14) will take a look at a temporary moratorium on the issuance of new residential housing permits to avoid potential noise…
by - March 8, 2022 4:14 pm
Documents in the Environmental Impact Statement process for the proposed U.S. Air Force pilot training center in Fort Smith say the mission will extend to 2029, but a state official…
by - February 1, 2022 9:08 pm
At the first of two scheduled virtual public scoping meetings concerning the Air Force’s proposal to put a permanent Foreign Military Sales Pilot Training Center at Ebbing Air National Guard…
by - January 27, 2022 5:31 pm
The U.S. Air Force is conducting what amounts to two virtual town halls in early February to provide info and seek comments about a plan to locate a foreign military…
by - April 6, 2021 4:14 pm
Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and a defense industry lobbyist with ties to Fort Smith believe a decision to locate a pilot training center for the U.S. military’s…
by - February 23, 2021 1:23 pm
A decision on where in the United States to locate a pilot training center for the military’s Foreign Military Sales program has been indefinitely delayed because of the U.S. presidential…
by - July 20, 2020 5:09 pm
Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith is one of five U.S. Air Force finalist sites for a long-term pilot training center supporting F-16 and F-35 fighter planes purchased…
