“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
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 […]
By: Mike Hoey for My Champlain Valley (Channel 22), Apr. 12, 2019 BURLINGTON, Vt. – The first F-35 fighter jet is coming to Burlington International Airport in September. At first, opposition groups concentrated on the F-35 being noisier than the F-16s they’re replacing, but now, the attention seems to be shifting to nuclear capability. The […]
By: Renee Wunderlich for MyNBC5, Apr. 12, 2019 BURLINGTON, Vt. — Some are worried about the new F-35 fighter jets scheduled to arrive at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington this fall. “It’s important to me because I live in the neighborhood in South Burlington that borders the airport and I feel […]