See: Fort Smith Regional Airport

Fort Smith Regional Airport

Fort Smith Regional Airport is a joint civil-military public commercial service airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Fort Smith, a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA. FSM is governed by the Fort Smith Airport Commission as established by the City of...

 for civil airport information

Fort Smith Air National Guard Station is the home base of the Arkansas Air National Guard

Arkansas Air National Guard

The Arkansas Air National Guard is the air force militia of the US state of Arkansas. It is, along with the Arkansas Army National Guard, an element of the Arkansas National Guard.-Units:* 188th Fighter Wing: The 188th Fighter Wing is located in Ft...

 188th Fighter Wing

188th Fighter Wing

The United States Air Force's 188th Fighter Wing is an Air Combat Command -gained unit of the Air National Guard located at Ebbing Air National Guard Base at Fort Smith Regional Airport in Fort Smith, Arkansas.-History:...

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The 188th Fighter Wing

188th Fighter Wing

The United States Air Force's 188th Fighter Wing is an Air Combat Command -gained unit of the Air National Guard located at Ebbing Air National Guard Base at Fort Smith Regional Airport in Fort Smith, Arkansas.-History:...

 (FW) of the Arkansas Air National Guard

Arkansas Air National Guard

The Arkansas Air National Guard is the air force militia of the US state of Arkansas. It is, along with the Arkansas Army National Guard, an element of the Arkansas National Guard.-Units:* 188th Fighter Wing: The 188th Fighter Wing is located in Ft...

 occupies 110 acres of leased land on the Fort Smith Regional Airport

Fort Smith Regional Airport

Fort Smith Regional Airport is a joint civil-military public commercial service airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Fort Smith, a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA. FSM is governed by the Fort Smith Airport Commission as established by the City of...

, located approximately 2 miles southeast of Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. With a population of 86,209 in 2010, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents which encompasses the Arkansas...

. The mission of the 188th FW is to execute directed fighter missions designed to destroy enemy forces, supplies, equipment, communications systems, and installations with all types of tactical weapons. The unit currently flies the A-10 Thunderbolt II

A-10 Thunderbolt II

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. The A-10 was designed for a United States Air Force requirement to provide close air support for ground forces by attacking tanks,...

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The 188 FW occupies 3 administrative, 46 industrial, and 3 services buildings at FSM totaling approximately 332102 square feet (30,853.3 m²) with 320 full-time personnel, primarily Air Force Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and Air Reserve Technician (ART) personnel. Approximately 700 additional traditional part-time Air National Guard

Air National Guard

The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...

 personnel are also assigned to the 188 FW.

BRAC 2005 recommended that the 188th Fighter Wing send its F-16 Falcon fighters to the 144th Fighter Wing (ANG), Fresno Air Terminal Air Guard Station, California. In return it received 18 A-10 aircraft.