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 […]
VTDigger Commentary, August 22, 2018 Editor’s note: This commentary is by Phil Hammerslough, a Burlington resident since 1969. A year from September the first of the F-35 jets are supposed to arrive (that is if they gets the bugs out). Even though Burlingtonians have voted to keep the F-35s away, the Air National Guard is […]
By Sue Prent for Green Mountain Daily, August 14, 2018 Jasper Craven deserves kudos for his well-researched and insightful look (Vermont Digger, April 13) into political forces driving the rather incongruous choice of Burlington Airport for the Air National Guard’s F-35 program.. With three surrounding cities opposing the F-35 plan, a considerable grassroots opposition force, […]
A letter dated July 27, 2018 and addressed to Lt Col. Roger Bourassa (Ret.)
Whereas, on March 6, 2018, by a vote of 6,482 (55.3%) to 5237 (44.7%), the voters of the City of Burlington approved the following citizen-initiated ballot item: “Shall we, the voters of the City of Burlington, as part of our strong support for the men and women of the Vermont National Guard, and especially their […]
By Stewart Ledbetter July 13, 2018 The F-35 controversy is now a campaign issue in the race for governor. Democrat James Ehlers said Friday if he’s elected this November, he’ll “absolutely, unequivocally” work to oppose the F-35 fighter jets from coming to the Vermont Air National Guard base in late 2019. The candidate said residents […]
By Jasper Craven June 4, 2018 Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has told federal and local leaders that the Vermont Air National Guard has essentially one viable flying mission — the F-35 fighter jet. Wilson told Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in an interview last month at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing that it was “highly […]
By Jasper Craven June 3, 2018 In an undated internal analysis of press coverage tied to the proposed basing of F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport, Vermont Air National Guard leaders detailed five potential media questions “We Hope We Don’t Get.” The first four dreaded questions were often asked throughout the years-long debate over […]