Watch: Officials discuss bringing F-35 to Michigan's Selfridge Air National Guard Base

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel hosted a news conference Tuesday to discuss how officials are working to bring the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft to Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township.

The news conference was at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Zuccaro's Banquet Center in Chesterfield Township. Watch the whole conference below.

Hackel's office announced an educational website to promote the effort to get the F-35 to Selfridge -- MI35.org

“This digital platform will be the sounding board for the community engagement and outreach associated with landing the F-35 at Selfridge,” said Hackel. “Over the next six months, the county will be working hand in hand with the State of Michigan, the Michigan Defense Center, our congressional delegation, local legislators and defense partners in, and around, southeast Michigan to showcase Selfridge.”

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