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Bridgewater State University received over $1.3 million in federal funding for its aviation program.

The funds will be used for a new hangar at New Bedford Regional Airport and a new multi-engine plane.

BSU offers the only four-year aviation science program with flight training in New England.

NEW BEDFORD — Bridgewater State University ’s aviation program has grown in numbers and stature since its inception in 1981, but needed something for a rainy day.

Or snowy, or windy, or just a day exposed to the salt sea air.

With the help of U.S. Rep. Bill Keating and Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, BSU received $1.358 million in congressionally directed spending funds for a new hangar at New Bedford Regional Airport that will protect its current fleet of a doze

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