Space command center to be in Chippewa County [The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.] Jan. 28—TRAVERSE CITY — The former Pugsley Correctional Facility near Fife Lake lost its bid to reach for the stars when the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association on Thursday named Chippewa County International Airport, near Sault Ste. Marie, the site of its new command and control center. The Chippewa airport, which was Kincheloe Air Force Base until 1977, and Pugsley were among four potential locations named as finalists for the center. Grand Traverse Economic Development, the commercial investment arm of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, bought the Pugsley facility in 2020 with the goal of transforming it into a technology hub.