By Matthew Cox March 7, 2018 Lawmakers on Wednesday put senior military officials on the spot to explain how current acquisition reform efforts will prevent costly programs such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from becoming “too big to fail.” Members of the House Armed Services Committee met with acquisition chiefs from the Army, Navy […]
By Jasper Craven Mar 5 2018 In December 2012, more than 100 Vermonters gathered outside U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Burlington office to voice their displeasure over his support for a plan to base a squadron of F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport. While many of the activists in attendance generally agreed with the senior […]
By Shannon Erickson April 25, 2017 The Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show reminds us of our community’s proud support for America’s military, and the importance of our military both to national defense and our local economy. Because of this impact, I led an effort for the South Carolina House and Senate to pass […]
By Jalea Brooks April 25, 2017 You may have noticed them around town – The Montgomery area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring billboards across the city to raise awareness of the effort to get the F-35 to locate here. Leaders of the F-35 Task Force say it’s important that the community be aware Montgomery is […]
By Brad Lendon May 12, 2017 US President Donald Trump thinks the F-35 fighter is “pretty cool,” but he seems to be a bit confused over what the newest US warplanes have been up to in Japan. In a White House interview with Time magazine published Thursday, Trump said almost three dozen of the stealth […]
By John Walters Mar. 22,2017 On his way out of the St. Johnsbury Academy gymnasium last Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stopped in the hallway and faced the media. For all of two minutes. He answered three short questions and hustled on to his next engagement. Little did I know that this would be my […]
By Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward December 5, 2016 The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post. Pentagon leaders had […]
By Stephanie Levitz June 13th, 2016 Buying a fighter jet that’s different from the one used by Canada’s closest allies risks disconnecting the country from the global alliances it needs the most, a former Conservative defence minister said Monday. Peter MacKay told a Senate committee that in his mind, there’s no question the Lockheed-Martin F-35 […]
BY MORGAN TRUE DEC. 10, 2015 City officials, the Vermont Air National Guard and the Burlington International Airport are making progress toward a joint noise mitigation commission that would include representatives from other affected communities. Newly released noise exposure maps show more than 2,200 people fall into the area negatively impacted by excessive noise from […]
By Peter Levring Denmark’s government plans to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets with Lockheed Martin planes in an order worth 20 billion kroner ($3 billion). The minority government of Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, which still needs parliamentary approval before the order can be placed, wants to spend the money on 27 F-35 jets […]