City directors unanimously approved spending $350,000 for engineering company Burns and McDonnell to continue providing services related to attempts to modify an agreement the city signed with the state and federal governments.
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has approved the Arkansas Air National Guard s 189th Airlift Wing as the location for the Guard s C-130J formal training program.
Arkansas Guard passes FBI muster in Washington
Arkansas Guard passes FBI muster in Washington
January 20, 20211:02 pm
ON DUTY: Soldiers from Arkansas’s 142nd Field Artillery Brigade on duty in Washington Tuesday. National Guard photo by Sgt. Dylan B. Parker
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FBI vetted National Guard troops assigned to inauguration dues in Washington and reports emerged that 12 were removed from security duties because of ties to right-wing militia groups or posting extremist views online.
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Arkansas sent a Guard contingent from Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas Air Guard provided transportation.
I asked Lt. Col. Brian Mason of the Arkansas National Guard if any Arkansas Guard members were among the 12. His speedy response: