密歇根州Selfridge空军国民警卫队基地1.52亿美元跑道工程动工，为F-15EX与KC-46新任务做准备
Lansing——密歇根州州长 Gretchen Whitmer 10月28日与该州军事与退伍军人事务部（DMVA）官员、联邦与地方民选官员及社区代表一起，为 Selfridge 空军国民警卫队基地总投资1.52亿美元的跑道工程动工。这项获两党支持、已于2026年早些时候落实资金的工程将调整并扩建跑道，为基地未来的 F-15EX「鹰II」战斗机与 KC-46「飞马」加油机任务做准备。
密歇根州国民警卫队第127联队正从 A-10「雷电II」攻击机转装 F-15EX（2025年4月宣布），并从 KC-135 加油机转装 KC-46，预计在未来五至七年内完成。配套工程还包括州、Macomb 县与军方合作，把 I-94 与 Jefferson Avenue 之间一段 William P. Rosso Highway 迁建改线，并同步改造排水等设施。
Whitmer 表示，Selfridge 对美国国防、密歇根州经济与周边社区都至关重要。据州长办公室数据，该基地每年为密歇根州经济贡献约8.5亿美元、全州支撑约3万个岗位，驻有5,000多名空军与陆军国民警卫队及预备役人员，并驻有除太空军外各军种单位及海关与边境保护局的国土安全行动单位；密歇根州国防产业整体贡献约300亿美元、支撑约16.6万个岗位。
Michigan Breaks Ground on $152 Million Selfridge Runway Project for Future F-15EX and KC-46 Missions
Lansing — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined officials from the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), federal, state and local elected leaders, and community stakeholders on October 28 to break ground on the $152 million runway project at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. The bipartisan project, funded earlier in 2026, will realign and expand the runway to prepare the base for its future F-15EX Eagle II fighter and KC-46 Pegasus tanker missions.
The Michigan National Guard's 127th Wing is transitioning from the A-10 Thunderbolt II to the F-15EX Eagle II, announced in April 2025, and from the KC-135 Stratotanker to the KC-46 Pegasus over the next five to seven years. Related work, carried out with the state, Macomb County and military partners, will relocate and reconstruct part of William P. Rosso Highway between Interstate 94 and Jefferson Avenue, with drainage and related changes.
Whitmer said Selfridge is essential to national defense, Michigan's economy and the surrounding communities. According to the governor's office, the base contributes an estimated $850 million to Michigan's economy, supports 30,000 jobs statewide and hosts more than 5,000 Air and Army National Guard and Reserve members, along with units from every armed service except the Space Force and Customs and Border Protection homeland-security operations. Michigan's defense industry overall contributes $30 billion and supports about 166,000 jobs.
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图片来源：F-15EX「鹰II」战斗机（资料图）。Oregon National Guard 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / An F-15EX Eagle II (file photo). Photo by the Oregon National Guard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
