Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Washington DC Time Magazine is publishing a 5 part series on the F-35 this week. The journalist, Winslow Wheeler, is the Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information, a part of the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) in Washington, DC. He has authored two books: The Wastrels […]
Tuesday June 4th, 2013 Burlington, VT Journalist, John Briggs reports that the Burlington Free Press has sent numerous detailed and specific questions to Senators Patrick Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Congressman Peter Welch, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, and Burlington Vermont Mayor Miro Weinberger emanating from a meeting with aviation designer Pierre Sprey, USAF Col. Rosanne Greco (ret.) […]
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Rome Italy “With Italy mired in recession and struggling with public finances, the money saved by eliminating a single F-35 could be used to build 387 day care centres or renovate 258 schools, according to a motion signed by 158 parliamentarians in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.” We can easily do without […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington VT Burlington Free Press Reports: A joint statement from the congressional delegation and the governor reiterated the group’s support for the plane: “We continue to believe basing the plane in South Burlington will be good for the future of the Vermont Air Guard and for the state’s economy,” the statement said. […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington VT he Air Force has admitted that its critics in Vermont have been right all along – that basing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Burlington, the state’s only area with population at urban-concentration levels, will render thousands more homes “unsuitable for residential use” than originally estimated. Journalist, William Boardman, […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington VT Opponents are ready to meet with Senators Patrick Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Congressman Welch, Vermont Governor Shumlin, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, Winooski Mayor Michael O’Brien (supporters all) anywhere, anytime about the basing of F-35 Warplanes at BTV. Wilson Ring of the Associated writes in his article released a few hours […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington Vermont Several hundred citizens of Chittenden County gathered at Burlington’s Unitarian Universalist Church Thursday evening to conduct a “citizens hearing” and express their ever-increasing opposition to the coming arrival of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. From the moment of BTV’s selection as a home base for the new […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Ottawa Canada Article from the Ottawa Citizen newspaper Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, email address and phone number so we can be in two way communication immediately.