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Selfridge ANGB and Macomb County launch campaign to land F-35 Lightning II

Featured in WXYZ Detroit

Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Macomb County launched a new offensive to highlight the importance of landing the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.

They want to rally support for a big contract with the U.S. Air Force to make Selfridge a home base for the F-35. Read more...


Macomb County Launches Campaign to Bring F-35 to Selfridge Air Base

Featured in dbusiness

Macomb County officials have launched a campaign to bring the F-35 Lightning II to Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township. “Given the infrastructure at Selfridge and at our northern Michigan training facilities in Alpena and Grayling, it just makes sense, both operationally and fiscally, to base the F-35 in Michigan,” says Major General Gregory J. Vadnais, the adjutant general of Michigan. Read more...


F-35 may help secure future of Selfridge Air National Guard Base

Featured in Detroit Free press

Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County today was named to a list of five bases under consideration to support the new F-35A Lightning II fighter jet, a mission that could help protect the Harrison Township base’s future. Read more...


Macomb officials hope to land fighter plane

Featured in The Detroit News

Macomb County officials on Tuesday launched a major campaign to bring the F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation fighter, to Selfridge Air National Guard Base. The county, in partnership with Selfridge, has launched a website, MIF35.org, to highlight the benefits of basing the aircraft at the Macomb County base. Read more...


Michigan air base a finalist to house F-35A Lightning, nation’s newest fighter aircraft

Featured in MLive

Selfridge Air National Guard Base has been selected as one of five candidates nationwide to house the F-35A Lightning, the nation's newest fighter aircraft. Read more...


Air Force: Selfridge base a finalist for F-35A fighters

Featured in The Detroit News

The Air Force said Wednesday that Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township is among five bases being considered to host the next two Air National Guard F-35A fighter aircraft units. Read more...