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In the next federal fiscal year, the effort to create a foreign military pilot training center in Fort Smith may have $75.5 million to begin preparing for a full complement of fighter planes estimated to arrive in late 2025 or early 2026.
Talk Business and Politics reports, U.S. Representative Steve Womack announced Tuesday, legislation approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee includes $75.7 million for “three Ebbing Air National Guard Base projects.”
It is estimated the full cost to create an operational foreign pilot training center will range between $700 million and $800 million.
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