Whitmer signs Selfridge airbase repair funding bill, locking in new F-15EX fighter wing

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan bill to fund upgraded runways, a spending item that was critical to getting the impending F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets.

The bill signing occurred during the Mackinac Policy Conference, which allowed all of the stakeholders in the project to be present at one time while the state’s business and political leaders searched for solutions to a number of Michigan’s pressing problems.

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The long-awaited new fighter mission at Selfridge Air National Guard base is one step closer to landing in Michigan.