Description: City of McAlester,OK
McAlester is competitive. Home to the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Choctaw Defense, and Spirit AeroSystems, McAlester is a premier defense and aerospace community. Raytheon, General Dynamics, Textron, and Boeing utilize the McAlester workforce for its unique production specializations.
McAlester is pioneering. Through its partnerships, McAlester is at the forefront of innovation. The Choctaw Nation’s Integrated Pilot Program (IPP) for unmanned aerial systems is aligning the private sector with federal, state, tribal, and local governments to test drone operations in the national airspace.
McAlester is captivating. Nestled in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, the state’s only national forest, the McAlester area is unexpected. The region’s many natural amenities include Robber’s Cave State Park, the former hideout of Belle Star, the 100,000-acre Eufaula Lake, and the Talimena National Scenic Drive.