By WCAX News Team Sep. 5, 2024 The Winooski City Council has passed a resolution asking Vermont’s congressional delegation to request a change in the Vermont Air National Guard’s F-35 mission. The council expressed concerns over the noise and potential health risks posed to residents living in the flight path of the jets, an issue that […]
By: Diane Michalski Turner Date: September 19, 2023 Retired Col. Roseanne Greco raises health and environmental concerns about the F-35 fighter jets stationed at Truax Field, based on a 2012 Air Force Environmental Impact Study. The study indicates that F-35 noise vibrations can cumulatively damage internal organs, particularly impacting children’s cognitive abilities. Defense analyst Pierre […]
Retired Air Force Colonel Rosanne Greco helped negotiate the first START treaty which reduced the number of strategic nuclear weapons by thousands. She is much more worried now than ever about the threat of nuclear war, particularly with officials seeing some of the newer nuclear weapons as “usable”. in this 20 minute podcast, Col Greco […]
A long-awaited decision that began in 2019 has been made by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington today, August 2, 2022. It is the consequential ruling the community had hoped for validating community complaints and Navy inactions in following the law. A press release from Citizen’s of Ebey’s Reserve (COER), member […]
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 […]