By Stephen Stuebner Nov. 28, 1994 The Air Force’s decision Oct. 6 to back off on building a new bombing range in the Owyhee canyonlands is a victory – and therefore shocking. Who would have thought that a coalition of local and national environmentalists, hunting groups and a few members of Congress could stop the […]
June 21, 2016 The American company given a contract to provide the biggest weapons purchased in Australia’s history has launched a public relations offensive. the controversial F35 jet fighters have been played by big costs and big delays.
By Nicole Higgins DeSmet June 30, 2016 Community members cried foul at being denied entrance to a publicly announced meeting last week. Vaughn Altemus of Williston, who was not admitted to the Vermont National Guard meeting last Wednesday, wrote of his concerns to Free Press on Sunday following a story written by staff regarding South Burlington’s support of a sound and safety lawsuit […]
By Lars Schwetj Lockheed Martin’s F-35B showcased both speed and maneuverability during a display at the Farnborough International Airshow, bolting across the skies before hovering above the crowd and doing a 360-degree rotation [FULL ARTICLE]
By Stephanie Levitz June 13th, 2016 Buying a fighter jet that’s different from the one used by Canada’s closest allies risks disconnecting the country from the global alliances it needs the most, a former Conservative defence minister said Monday. Peter MacKay told a Senate committee that in his mind, there’s no question the Lockheed-Martin F-35 […]
BY MORGAN TRUE DEC. 10, 2015 City officials, the Vermont Air National Guard and the Burlington International Airport are making progress toward a joint noise mitigation commission that would include representatives from other affected communities. Newly released noise exposure maps show more than 2,200 people fall into the area negatively impacted by excessive noise from […]
By Lara Seligman May 16, 2016 The F-35 joint program office and a top government watchdog are butting heads about a key question for the joint strike fighter: whether or not the fifth-generation plane can fly if disconnected from a key logistics system. [FULL ARTICLE]
March 21, 2016 In the budget proposal for fiscal 2017, the Air Force finally relented, and said it would keep the plane on board until 2022, though there are plans to retire large numbers of the aircraft in 2018 and 2019. Welsh said he is in a difficult position, and being forced to argue for […]
May 16, 2016 Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., is renewing her fight to keep the A-10 out of the boneyard. She wants to make retirement of the legacy attack plane contingent on a “flyoff” with the fifth-generation F-35. McSally, a retired Air Force colonel with hundreds of hours flying the A-10 in Iraq and Afghanistan, spearheaded […]
By Lara Seligman May 9, 2016 F-35 critics often point to the Pentagon’s decision to start building the fifth-generation fighter before design and testing is complete as the root of the program’s problems. Even now, as the Air Force prepares to declare its F-35A jets operational this year, so-called “concurrency” remains an obstacle. These ongoing […]