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Statement of Vice Admiral Mathias Winter, Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Program; Before the House Armed Serviced Committee Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, US House of Representatives
Statement of Vice Admiral Mathias Winter, Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Program; Before the House Armed Serviced Committee Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, US House of Representatives (Apr 4, 2019) Physiological Events and Mitigation Strategy: Physiological Events and Mitigation Strategy: Since May of 2017, the F-35 JPO has been conducting a multi-Service, multi-Partner investigation […]
New activist group fears F-35 jets will be armed with nuclear weapons
By: Renee Wunderlich for NBC5, Mar. 12, 2019 MONTPELIER, Vt. — Members of Citizens Against Nuclear Bombers in Vermont shared their concerns at the Statehouse Tuesday: that F-35 fighter jets are designed to carry nuclear weapons. Group leaders include Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, former gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers and retired Air […]
Appeal of Judge Crawford’s Ruling on NEPA lawsuit
Date: September 26, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT Civil Action No. 5:14-cv-132 Igor Zbitnoff, Eileen Andreoli, Jeffrey Frost, Richard Joseph, Juliet Beth Buck, Ray Gonda, And Stop the F-35 Coalition, Plaintiffs v. City of Winooski, Intervenor Plaintiff v. Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, Defendant NOTICE OF APPEAL […]
This Map Shows Why The F-35 Has Turned Into A Trillion-Dollar Fiasco
By Jeremy Bender, Armin Rosen and Skye Gould August 20, 2014 [FULL ARTICLE]
Federal Judge Ruling on NEPA Lawsuit
DECISION on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment denying 42 Motion for Summary Judgment or MOTION for Judgment on the Administrative Record on Counts 1-6, 9 and 10; denying 45 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; granting 54 Motion for Summary Judgment The court has determined that the EIS meets the requirements of NEPA. When it is read in […]
Aviation safety information
September 2011 United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to Congressional Requesters Aviation Safety Status of FAA’s Actions to Oversee the Safety of Composite Airplanes On the basis of expert interviews and a review of literature, GAO identified four key safety-related concerns with the repair and maintenance of composites in commercial airplanes—(1) limited information on […]
F-35 Specifications
F-35A CTOL Conventional Takeoff and Landing USAF small wing full canopy aerial refueling receptacle dorsal gun blister on upper port side no STOVL panel lines or markings [FULL ARTICLE]
F-16 Information
Under the Alternative Fighter Engine (AFE) program, the USAF decided to adopt an alternative engine for the F-16, splitting engine orders between Pratt & Whitney and General Electric. As originally planned, with each new fiscal year, a new set of engine orders would be issued. Competition between these two companies would, it was hoped, keep […]
High Court Won’t Hear Vt. Airport Noise Challenge
By Bryan Koenig November 9, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Courtturned down the chance Monday to weigh in on challenge by landowners to a Vermont high court finding that any local effort to curb U.S. Air Force jet noise at a local airport is barred regardless of whether those mitigation efforts actually impact flight operations. As is customary, no explanation […]