Learn about the nuclear threat of the F-35 and the ugly truth of how it makes Vermont a target of attack. Friday, April 12th UU Church, 152 Pearl St. Burlington 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30) Full details below: [download pdf]
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 […]
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump directed Secretary of Defense James Mattis to initiate a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The President made clear that his first priority is to protect the United States, allies, and partners. He also emphasized both the long-term goal of eliminating nuclear weapons and the requirement that the United […]
By: Nick Visser for Huffpost, Mar. 21, 2019 Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is under investigation by the Pentagon’s inspector general over ties to his former employer, the aerospace juggernaut Boeing. The Defense Department said Wednesday it had opened an ethics investigation into complaints that allege Shanahan regularly touted Boeing over other defense contractors, including […]
By: “Task and Purpose” for The National Interest, Mar. 20, 2019 In February, the commander of the U.S. Naval Air Forces proclaimed that the Navy’s F-35C Joint Strike Fighter was “ready for operations, ready for combat and ready to win” — even though the Navy’s own testing data says otherwise. Testing data obtained by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) indicates that […]
By: Ellen Mitchell for The Hill, Mar. 15, 2019 Pentagon officials did not account for and manage $2.1 billion worth of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter parts and must now rely on the aircraft’s maker, Lockheed Martin, to tell them where and when it spent the funds, according to a new watchdog report. The scathing report from the Defense […]
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 […]
By: Mike Dougherty for VTDigger, Mar. 12, 2019 A new citizens group is raising alarms about the nuclear capacity of the F-35 fighter jet. Representatives from Citizens Against Nuclear Bombers in Vermont want officials to reverse the decision to base F-35s at the Burlington Air Guard base, saying the fleet’s nuclear capacity poses safety risks […]
By: Torrance Gaucher for MyChamplainValley, Mar. 12, 2019 MONTPELIER, Vt. – A group of local citizens says they don’t want nuclear weapon systems based in the Green Mountain State. On Tuesday, ‘Citizens Against Nuclear Bombers in Vermont‘ met underneath the Golden Dome in the Vermont State House. This conversation stems from the basing of the […]
By: Neal Goswami for WCAX, Mar. 12, 2019 VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) A group of anti-F-35 activists say the military may send nuclear weapons to Vermont if the new jet is based here. Many in the group have opposed the pending arrival of the new Air Force jets. Now they’ve launched a new group […]