By Nina Berman December 17 2021 THE SOUND of the U.S. military’s latest generation of warplanes is quite literally deafening. The vibration shakes your insides. Conversation stops. Stress floods your body. And just when you think it’s over, another jet, and another and another, roars above rooftops, until it feels as though the sky is […]
By Jessie Stensland December 10, 2021 A federal magistrate judge ruled in favor of the state Attorney General’s Office and a Whidbey anti-noise group in several critical issues in a lawsuit over EA-18G Growler aircraft stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. Chief United States Magistrate Judge J. Richard Creatura filed the report and recommendation […]
By Carolyn Sistrand Sep 8, 2021 WINOOSKI, Vt. — Residents in attendance in person and virtually said at the Winooski City Council meeting Tuesday night the quality of life in the city has significantly diminished since the arrival of F-35s. Some people who came up to speak were noticeably upset, even on the verge of […]
8/19/2021 It depends on whom you ask. Plenty of local residents see the F-35s flow by the Vermont Air National Guard as a boon, and a done deal: The warplane’s presence t Burlington International Airport is credite with boosting the regional economy; with saving jobs and preserving a prestigious heritage. [FULL ARTICLE]
A film by Duane Peterson III & Patrick McCormack Jet Line is a short film that employs an anonymous hotline to elevate the voices beneath Vermont’s F-35 flight path, the first urban residents to live with one of the military’s most controversial weapons systems overhead. Tranquil scenes of unassuming neighborhoods near Burlington International Airport are […]
By Grace Elletson March 30, 2021 In the past few months, flyers around Burlington have invited people to chime in on an issue they can’t avoid: the noise made by the National Guard’s F-35 fighter jets. “Seeking F-35 comments,” the flyers and posters read. “All anonymous. Leave a voicemail.” They included a phone number that […]
By Chris Hubbuch December 8,2020 A group opposed to basing F-35 fighter jets in Madison is suing the National Guard over its environmental review of construction to prepare Truax Field to host the new planes. Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin claims the National Guard Bureau violated federal environmental law by “failing to adequately study and […]
By Aidan Quigley June 8, 2020 Burlington International Airport is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to fund a noise monitoring system following the arrival of the F-35 jets to the region last year. The move follows requests from city leaders in Winooski, South Burlington and Burlington. The airport is owned by Burlington but located in […]
By Steven Klafka and Rosanne Greco May 8, 2020 The alarming coronavirus pandemic is a reminder that we must be less wasteful and much wiser in how we spend taxpayer money. The enormous human and economic toll of this pandemic has been exacerbated by our failure to invest in societal needs like our health care […]
By Aidan Quigley April 13, 2020 The Burlington City Council is asking Gov. Phil Scott and the state’s congressional delegation to attempt to stop the Vermont Air National Guard’s F-35 training flights during the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution, passed in an 11-1 vote, asks the governor and congressional delegation “to do everything within their power […]