Committee stops loss of planes, jobs By IAN GALLAGHER | The South End http://thesouthend.wayne.edu/index.php/article/2012/05/local_ang_base_threatened_by_major_fleet_cuts#print The airmen of Selfridge Air National Guard base in Harrison Township, Mich., finally have a chance to breathe easy. On May 10, the House Armed Services Committee approved a measure that would postpone all the proposed changes to aircraft used by [...]

Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012205110355 The U.S. House Armed Services Committee early Thursday unanimously approved a provision that would postpone for a year any changes in planes allocated to Air National Guard units. The move could mean a reprieve for Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, which is to be downsized in [...]

http://www.dailytribune.com/article/20120510/NEWS01/120519975/house-takes-first-step-toward-saving-selfridge-a-10s By Chad Selweski chad.selweski@macombdaily.com Congress has taken the first step toward saving the 24 A-10 aircraft at Selfridge Air National Guard Base that had been marked for extinction. At 2:30 this morning, the House Armed Services Committee adopted a provision which suspends all proposed reductions in Air National Guard aircraft across the country. That [...]

People can vote for their “fan favorite” student art, entered in the 2012 Congressional Art Competition, on U.S. Rep Candice Miller’s Facebook page through May 16. By Jenny Whalen Email the author May 7, 2012 http://newbaltimore.patch.com/articles/miller-asks-district-10-to-vote-for-their-fan-favorite-high-school-art-e6cbfa5a Even those who aren’t old enough to vote in the November election can cast their vote for this year’s [...]