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 […]
By Courtney Lamdin April 10, 2020 The Burlington City Council on Monday will consider a resolution asking the governor to suspend the Vermont National Guard’s F-35 training flights and reassign Guard members to coronavirus response efforts. Introduced by Councilor Perri Freeman (P-Central District), the resolution calls on Gov. Phil Scott to direct “all 4,000 members” […]
By: Renee Wunderlich for NBC5, Mar. 12, 2019 MONTPELIER, Vt. — Members of Citizens Against Nuclear Bombers in Vermont shared their concerns at the Statehouse Tuesday: that F-35 fighter jets are designed to carry nuclear weapons. Group leaders include Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, former gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers and retired Air […]
By: Torrance Gaucher for MyChamplainValley, Mar. 12, 2019 MONTPELIER, Vt. – A group of local citizens says they don’t want nuclear weapon systems based in the Green Mountain State. On Tuesday, ‘Citizens Against Nuclear Bombers in Vermont‘ met underneath the Golden Dome in the Vermont State House. This conversation stems from the basing of the […]
By: Neal Goswami for WCAX, Mar. 12, 2019 VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) A group of anti-F-35 activists say the military may send nuclear weapons to Vermont if the new jet is based here. Many in the group have opposed the pending arrival of the new Air Force jets. Now they’ve launched a new group […]
Editor’s note: This commentary is by retired Air Force Col. Rosanne Greco, who is a candidate for adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard. She spent 30 years on active duty in the Air Force, and is a former chair of the South Burlington City Council and a member of Save Our Skies VT. Mutually […]