Why Arkansas’ Ebbing Air National Guard Base Will Host 12 Additional F-35s

Fort Smith, Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard Base has won the jackpot of basing 12 additional Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth generation fighter jets with almost 200 supporting personnel, dependent on a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to confirm Ebbing Air National Guard Base and vicinity can handle the additional F-35s, most likely to support Singapore. Let’s look at why more F-35s are needed in Arkansas.