May 2013
As jets seem bound for Vt., questions of political influence arise
By Bryan Bender Boston Globe […] A Globe examination of records, and interviews with Pentagon officials directly involved with the review, show the Air Force — in selecting Vermont over competing locations — relied on inaccurate, excessively low estimates of the impact of the jet blast on the local population. One of the Pentagon officials […]
Fail! The $400 Billion Military Jet That Can’t Fly in Cloudy Weather
By William Boardman AlterNet The F-35 joint strike fighter is an unbelievable failure, and the perfect illustration of everything that’s wrong with our military industrial complex. According to one of its supporters, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is not “what our troops need,” is “too costly” and “poorly managed,” and its “present difficulties are too numerous […]
Cut Social Security and Veterans’ Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead
By Robert Naiman Truthout […] Consider the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Last year, Winslow Wheeler reported that theacquisition cost for the F-35 had risen to $379.4 billion for 2,457 aircraft. That’s just the cost to buy the planes, not to fly and maintain them. According to Wheeler, “The current appraisal for operations and support is $1.1 trillion – making […]
Vermont’s F-35 Foes Have Found a Sympathetic Poster Child in “Gramma”
By Kevin J. Kelley Seven Days Activists opposed to basing F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport have found a potentially effective spokesperson for their cause. She’s Carmine Sargent, a 69-year-old grandmother who has been living within earshot of the airport since 1972. Sargent — or “Gramma,” as she’s billed by the F-35’s adversaries — […]
Public Hearing on VTANG F-35 Fighter Jets
The South Burlington City Council is made up of 5 citizens who live in the City of South Burlington, elected at-large by the voters of the City. These five councilors sit with 2-3 year terms expiring in an annual rotation. The City Council meets regularly on the 1st & 3rd Mondays of each month to […]
Maps and Downloads
See the “unfit for residential use” map. See the crash and safety zone map. Download Fact Sheets on F-35 Basing (August 2013) click here: Fact Sheets on F-35A Basing What and Who to believe on the F-35 8-10-2013 (August 2013) click here: What and Who to believe on the F-35 8-10-2013pdf Report Endangered […]
Pentagon: F-35 Won’t Have a Chance in Real Combat
By Veterans Today Fatal flaws within the cockpit of the US military’s most expensive fighter jet ever are causing further problems with the Pentagon’s dubious F-35 program. Just weeks after a fleet of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters was grounded for reasons unrelated, a new report from the Pentagon warns that any pilot that boards […]
The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built
By MARK THOMPSON TIME Marine Major Aric “Walleye” Liberman was uncharacteristically modest for a Navy SEAL turned fighter pilot. He had just landed an F-35–one of the 2,457 jets the Pentagon plans to buy for $400 billion, making it the costliest weapons program in human history–at its initial operational base late last year. Amid celebratory […]
Federal Budget 101
Where Does the Money Go? In fiscal year 2014, the federal government will spend around $3.8 trillion. These trillions of dollars make up a considerable chunk – around 22 percent – of the US. economy, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That means that federal government spending makes up a sizable share of all money spent in the […]
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