Fort Smith air base growth will benefit Northwest Arkansas, Boozman tells group

December 20, 2023 at 4:01 a.m.

by Doug Thompson

Sen. John Boozman spoke to the Rogers Rotary Club on Tuesday at the Embassy Suites Convention Center, briefing the group on the air base in Fort Smith, defense industries in Arkansas and progress on federal Farm Bill legislation. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/DOUG THOMPSON)
Sen. John Boozman spoke to the Rogers Rotary Club on Tuesday at the Embassy Suites Convention Center, briefing the group on the air base in Fort Smith, defense industries in Arkansas and progress on federal Farm Bill legislation. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/DOUG THOMPSON)


ROGERS -- The $1 billion economic impact of training foreign fighter pilots at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith will spread to Northwest Arkansas and increase the mutual benefit the two regions already share, U.S.

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