By Damian Paletta and Doug Cameron December 12, 2016 Donald Trump took aim at the Pentagon’s costliest program on Monday, saying on Twitter the “program and cost” of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter “is out of control.” This is the second defense program in recent days the president-elect has unloaded on for cost issues. Last […]
By Kyle Midura December 12, 2016 The battle over bringing the F-35 fighter jet to Burlington took a turn Monday with a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump. Just before a pair of F-35s touched down in Israel, a tweet from President-elect Donald Trump sent the manufacturer’s stock into a free-fall. “The F-35 program and cost […]
December 13, 2016 South Burlington should pursue options for a study that would show how noise from soon-to-be-deployed F-35 fighters could impact neighborhoods surrounding Burlington International Airport. The sound contours are likely to change with the scheduled arrival of the new Air National Guard jets in 2019. The next-generation fighters are louder, but are expected to […]
By Stephen Losey December 7, 2016 The Air Force has whittled its list of potential Air National Guard bases that could host F-35A operations from 18 down to five. In a Wednesday release, the Air Force said the remaining candidate bases are Dannelly Field Air Guard Station in Montgomery, Alabama; Gowen Field Air Guard Station […]
By Winslow Wheeler December 22, 2016 On Dec. 12, 2016, president-elect Donald Trump asserted that F-35 unit cost was “out of control” through his preferred medium Twitter. On Dec. 19, 2016, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, in charge of the Joint Strike Fighter project, gave the press his version of things. Multiple media […]
By Tony Bertuca December 22, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump met with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson on Wednesday in Palm Beach, FL, to discuss the F-35 program, according to the presidential transition team. “They discussed the status of the F-35 program and establishing a quicker finalization of the contracting process and how we can continue […]
Dec. 22, 2016 Donald Trump has again criticized the cost of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet and tweeted that he has asked Boeing to offer a price for an older aircraft that lacks the same stealth capabilities. Trump posted his message on Thursday, a day after the president-elect met the chief executives of both aerospace […]
September 12, 2016 This commentary is by Richard Joseph, who is an artist, a member of the Stop the F-35 Coalition and a plaintiff in the F-35 lawsuit against the Air Force. In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. — Anonymous The truth revolution faces fierce opposition in Burlington. […]
The following is a letter to the editor of VTDigger.com from Roseanne Greco August 31, 2016 As a child I believed most of the Bible stories I was taught. But there was one story I found hard to believe … until recently, that is. The story was of people (the Israelites) building a statue of […]
By Colin Clark August 22, 2016 The F-35 program completed 25 weapons tests in a month, a marked surge from the previous high of three in November 2014. The weapons tests used the aircraft’s latest software, the 3F version. During the tests, some 30 weapons were dropped or fired, including the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), AIM-120 […]