By: Dan Grazier for POGO, Nov. 1, 2019 Pentagon leaders are likely reveling in the news that they have negotiated an agreement with Lockheed Martin that they claim drives down the unit cost of the F-35 joint strike fighter to below $80 million in the next few years. While any reduction in costs for the most expensive […]
Good morning, There has been a lot of misinformation out there so we want to be clear with the community; there has been no change to the Air National Guard’s plan for afterburner use at Burlington Air Guard Station. The 158th Fighter Wing does not plan to fly more than 5 percent of its take-offs […]
Representatives of the community are presenting to Senator Patrick Leahy this document which contains 1) evidence of corruption in the F-35 Burlington basing selection process, 2) a “Declaration of F-35 Immoralities,” and 3) a demand to delay the F-35 basing until six conditions are satisfied. The records show that Senator Leahy acted deceptively during the […]
Leahy lied repeatedly to U.S. Air Force senior officials and to his constituents, as summarized below: What he said: —“Some Vermonters have asked me to weigh in with the Air Force. I feel strongly that none of our state’s Congressional delegation should put our fingers on the scale. All Vermonters deserve to be heard, and […]
Derived from the U. S. AIR FORCE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD OF THE F-35A OPERATIONAL BASING SELECTION PROCESS 2009-2013 SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY’S INTERFERENCE IN THE F-35 BASING DECISION Cray to Clark (3-12-10) “Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, who, as one of the most senior members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Senate National […]
SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY SHALL DIRECT THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO DELAY SENDING ANY F-35 FIGHTER-BOMBERS TO VERMONT UNTIL ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. 1. F-35A has at least 1,000,000 flight hours, similar to the number of flight hours that the F-16 had when it arrived at the VT Air National Guard Station. 2. […]
I. THE F-35 BASING DECISION PROCESS WHICH SELECTED VERMONT WAS IMMORAL BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON, AND SOLD TO THE PUBLIC WITH, LIES. The basing selection process started with a lie. Lies, deception, manipulation, and falsification of information permeated the process. • Vermont Air National Guard officials lied to the Air Force by telling them […]
By: Diana Stacy Correll for Millitary Times, Sept. 12, 2019 Two retired Air Force officers were arrested this week after a sit-in protest at Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office in Burlington, Vermont. The pair demanded a delay in the arrival of F-35 fighter jets at the Vermont Air National Guard base at Burlington International Airport, according […]
By: Jacob Dawson for VTDigger, Sept. 13, 2019 BURLINGTON — Two local physicians joined the ranks of Vermonters protesting against the imminent arrival of the F-35 fighter jets Friday, demonstrating outside Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Main Street office. It was the fifth day in a row opponents of the new jets turned up at Vermont’s senior […]
By: Mike Dougherty for VTDigger, Sept. 13, 2019 The first two F-35s in the Vermont Air National Guard’s new fleet of fighter jets are scheduled to arrive in Burlington by next Friday. But a coalition of protesters who have fought the basing for years continues to press the military to change its mind. NBC5 first […]