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F-35: A Citizens’ Hearing

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Thursday, May 30th, 7 pm. Unitarian Universalist Church Burlington at the top of Church Street.

  • Pierre Sprey, co-designer of the F-16 and the A-10 jets
  • Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s
  • US Air Force Colonel Rosanne Greco (ret.)
  • “Gramma” Carmine Sargent, who lives in the noise zone
  • Rabbi Joshua Chasan

Come one come all! Come get the scoop!

  • 150 affordable homes now vacant or demolished because of F-16 noise
  • Air Force says the F-35 is more than 4 times louder than the F-16

FAA Noise Report

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The Burlington International Airport Noise Compatibility Program Update under 14 CFR Part 150 is a 62 page report prepared for the City of Burlington in April 2008. The report states on page 29 that “land acquisition and relocation is the only alternative that would eliminate the residential incompatibility” with the noise level produced by F-16 jets operating at the airport. Due to additional materials included in the attachment, please see page 41 of the attached pdf below. Please note this is a large file.

F35 Basing Scoresheets: Clear and Serious Errors

F35 Basing Scoresheets: Clear and Serious Errors

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These are the Burlington scoresheets for the potential basing of the F-35. This scoresheet is compared against others scoresheets (which have been kept secret by the Air Force) to help determine which locations are the best ones for the F-35 to be located at. The scoresheets are a bit complicted and we’ve tried to clarify them in our comments. We point out the clear and serious errors in the scoresheet below.

Regarding “encroachment” on the scoring sheet, the first two questions (see page 5 for the questions) are:

Some more articles about the Boston Globe article

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Boston Globe, WPTZ, WCAX, Burlington Free Press, Seven Days, VPR Meeting at 7pm today at Winooski High School (north wing) to plan action. “As jets seem bound for Vt., questions of political influence arise,” By Bryan Bender and Globe Staff April 14, 2013 http://bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/04/13/selection-vermont-guard-base-for-jets-was-based-flawed-data-raising-questions-political-influence/pmhiPtI1BPWxwC3yK1adAL/story.html “F-35 basing data ‘fudged’,” by David Charns WPTZ April 14, 2013 […]

60 Minutes Blitz

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Dear F-35 opponent,

On April 7th and 8th we need your help to generate 1,000 emails in a CBS 60 Minutes “Blitz” over 48 hours.

SaveOurSkiesVT.org and StopTheF35.com are working with groups from Beaufort, SC and Tucson, AZ to oppose the proposed F35 basing in each of our state’s densely populated residential areas.

Please go to www.SaveOurSkiesVT.org on 4/7 or 4/8 for instructions and sample letters to send to CBS 60 Minutes.

Thank you in advance from Save Our Skies VT !

Please Help with the 60 Minute Blitz!

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Welcome to Save Our Skies VT, and thank you for helping with our CBS 60 Minutes “Blitz”! Over the course of 48 hours, from April 7 to April 8, we hope to generate 1,000 emails to CBS, with your help.   We are coordinating an email campaign to urge 60 Minutes to undertake investigative research […]

A letter from Senator Leahy

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And check out this article: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130312/NEWS02/303120017/Leahy-F-35-weapons-program-is-too-costly-to-proceed   Dear Mr. Hurd: Thank you for contacting me about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. I support proposals to responsibly reduce the Pentagon’s budget.  I believe the Pentagon can save substantial amounts by improving its acquisition system and leveraging the savings of the National Guard and Reserve.  Reprioritizing defense spending […]

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