“THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER IS SLATED TO BE ARMED WITH THE B61 NUCLEAR BOMB AS EARLY AS 2020, BUT COULD CARRY THE WEAPON SOONER.” -Lt General Jack Weinstein, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration
By: Aidan Quigley for VTDigger, Sept. 9, 2019 BURLINGTON — Police arrested two retired Air Force officers Monday evening for refusing to leave Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office in downtown Burlington, as part of an ongoing protest against the basing of F-35s at Burlington International Airport. Retired Col. Rosanne Greco and retired Lt. Col. Roger Bourassa […]
By: Courtney Adelman, Aug. 13, 2019 BURLINGTON, VT – On Monday night the Burlington City Council approved a resolution against basing nuclear capable aircrafts at Burlington International Airport. The resolution calls on officials like Mayor Weinberger and Gov. Phil Scott to tell the United States Department of Defense that f-35’s are not welcome in the […]
A Commentary and letter sent to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., from a group of Winooksi residents; Via VTDigger, Jun 11, 2019 We, the undersigned families and individuals, live in Winooski and many of us have at least one young child in our homes. We are writing to urge you to reconsider your support for basing […]
Commentary by Roger Bourassa, published by VTDigger, May 12, 2019 Editor’s note: This commentary is by Roger Bourassa, a native of Winooski currently living in Colchester. He served as an Air National Guardsman for 11 years and retired as a lieutenant colonel. Last Tuesday afternoon, I spoke before the Vermont Senate Committee on Government Operations […]
By: Renee Parsons for Off-Guardian.org, Apr. 25, 2019 Fresh off what the MSM is celebrating as a surprise victory for a Bernie Town Hall on Fox News, lurking in the background is his inexplicable support over the years for basing the highly controversial F35 at the Burlington International Airport. We now know, thanks to a […]
By: Rosanne Greco, published by VTDigger, Apr. 23, 2019 Editor’s note: This commentary is by retired Air Force Col. Rosanne Greco, who spent 30 years on active duty in the Air Force, including as a delegate to four international nuclear arms control negotiations, including the Strategic Arms Reductions Talks (START). She is a former chair […]
Nuclear Weapons Targeting and the F-35 (4-12-19)word doc F-35’s nuclear role and VT 4-18-19 (word)
The Department of Defense’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review contained a message of enormous significance for Vermonters. It designated the F-35 as a part of its strategic nuclear bomber force. This is the first time a fighter has been so designated. That makes the F-35 completely different from the F-16 or any earlier nuclear-wired fighter. Numerous […]
By: WCAX, Apr. 13, 2019 VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
INTRODUCTION This evening I’m going to share with you some of what I learned as an Intelligence officer specializing in strategic nuclear weapons and nuclear war planning. I held the highest security clearances. One of my duties was involved with the preparation of a highly classified document called the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP). This […]