The U.S. Department of War will build a $37.6 million facility at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith. BL Harbert International of Birmingham, Alabama, was awarded the contract to construct an F-35 Special Access Program Facility, according to …
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Col. Terence Green, commander 913th Airlift Group From the moment Col. Terence Green first saw a C-130 — in childhood, when a neighbor who worked at Lockheed Martin took him on a tour of the local aircraft plant — the …
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Match Made in Military Heaven: Jacksonville, LRAFB
by Mark Carterby Mark Carter(Photo provided by LRAFB) What was good for Jacksonville almost 75 years ago has proven to be beneficial and then some for central Arkansas and far beyond. Little Rock Air Force Base, the global home of the workhorse C-130 Hercules, …
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Global Standards of Care: Decorated Career Nurse Traveled Halfway Around the Globe to Serve the People of Arkansas
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaUnless you listen for it, there is very little left of Leonie DeClerk’s New Zealand accent. It creeps in here and there around the edges of her voice, but for the most part, DeClerk sounds just like any other American, …
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Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame to Induct 3
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Aviation Historical Society Hall of Fame will hold its 40th-annual induction ceremony for the 2025 class Thursday, Nov. 13, at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock. Col. Virgil Merony II, Lieutenant General Glen Moorhead and Kevin Vondran …
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Air Force JROTC Cadets at UCA Aviation Academy Aiming High
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffIn its inaugural class of Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, the University of Central Arkansas Aviation Academy in Conway had a 100 percent pass rate for all participants, an achievement only realized by four of the 17 …
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Little Rock Honors Nation’s First African American Airport Executive Director
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJames R. Rodgers Sr., who became the first African American airport executive director when appointed to the role in Little Rock, was honored recently by the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission. Rodgers was a trailblazing figure in American aviation and …
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Oh, The Places You’ll Go — Nurses Excel in Roles Other Than at Bedside
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaThe job of nursing is at once among the most recognizable and the most misunderstood professions there is. Virtually everyone who has had an interaction with the health care system on any level encounters a nurse and the images from …
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U.S. Air Force Chooses Ebbing Air in Fort Smith for Pilot Training
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEbbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith has been chosen by the Department of the Air Force as the site for the new home of the Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS) Pilot Training Center, hosting F-16 and F-35 training for …
Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith will be the new location for a F-35 training center and for a Republic of Singapore training unit. The U.S. Air Force announced this week that the Fort Smith air base would …