Faxed Letter from Ben and Barbara Hardcastle dtd 27 Aug 2005, commenting on the final deliberations.

Base Input - Presentation Little Rock AFB Installation

Base Input - Visit to Little Rock AFB, AR Briefing Files on CD -

Executive Correspondence – Courtesy cards received on 08/08/05 from Representative John Boozman (3rd, AR) thanking BRAC Commission staff members Ken Small, Dierdre Walsh, Jennifer Meyer, Colleen Turner, Brad McCree, and Christine Hill for meeting with him and the 188th at the BRAC Commission.

Community Correspondence - Concerned citizens Regarding the 188th Air National Guard Fighter Wing in Fort Smith Arkansas

Letters from two concerned citizens to the BRAC Commission in reference to Fort Smith in Arkansas. Both argue against the closing of the base.

Base Input - Little Rock Air Force Base, AR briefing.

Community Input - Briefing - American Eagle Communities : Bring Home the Dream

Letter from Brenda Gabbard to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) regarding Fort Smith. She offers reasons why the base should not be closed.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/13/2005 to Chairman Principi from Harold Hockett, Lt Col. UASF (Retired) expressing his support for the DOD’s recommendation to create a Naval Integrated Weapons and Armaments RDAT&E Center at China Lake.

AMC's only T56 Engine Regional Repair Center- Briefing Book

State Input - 188th Fighter Wing Fort Smith, Arkansas Folder and Presentation - Regional Hearing - San Antonio

If all the Air Force BRAC recommendations are implemented, the total number of primarily assigned aircraft (PAA) will be 1 16 C-130s. This is an increase of the current PAA by about 50 airplanes.

Alaskan Norad Region ANR/Do Col Gene O'Nale

Community Correspondence - Letter from Lucyndia Stark to the BRAC Commission, wanting to thank Commissioner Bilbray for visiting Red River Army Depot.

Base Visit Report- Trip report for Ft Smith Air National Guard Station, Arkansas. Information included: Attendees, Base present mission, DoD recommendation, justification, facilities reviewed, key issues identified, installation concerns raised, community concerns raised.

Regional Hearing Issue Summary - Regional Hearing - 11 July 2005 San Antonio, TX Texas and Arkansas Red River Army Depot, TX and Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Arkansas

Community Input - Executive Correspondence - Letter from John Boozman to the Commission and the 188th Fighter Wing Presentation

The Midwestern Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 is intended to assist with the recovery from the severe weather that affected the Midwest during the summer of 2008. The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 includes some similar provisions, but these are not limited to the Midwest disaster. The disaster relief in the three bills is similar to that provided to assist with the recovery from the 2005 hurricanes and the 2007 Kansas tornadoes. This report broadly discusses the disaster relief provisions in other relevant legislation.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Orland Harris. Harris went to Santa Anna, California for Aviation Cadet training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He went to primary flying school in Visalia, California and then went to LaeMoore, California for more training. From there he went to replacement training units, flying the P-38, P-322 and P-39. Harris had take civilian pilot training for one year at college before he went into the service. He received his wings at Williams Field in Arizona 3 Nov 1943 and became an officer that day. He went to the South Pacific in a C-54, along wih about 30 other pilots, ending up in Nadzab, New Guinea with the 8th Fighter Group (part of the 5th Air Force). His P-38 missions included targets of opportunity around New Guinea, a cave on Corregidor and straffed ships on the way to Borneo, and the Philippines. Normally they flew cover missions for B-17s and B-24s but on occasion covered B-25s and A-20s. Harris was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) when he was flying out of Mindoro in the Philippines on a night mission (26 Dec 1944) attacking a Japanese task …