May 25, 2018 The process by which the United States Air Force selected the Vermont Air National Guard Station — co-located with the Burlington International Airport located in South Burlington, Vermont — involved an extensive analysis as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It also involved highly inappropriate, unethical, and possibly prohibited, activities […]
Marek to Faaborg (4-5-10) “Have no comments on the environmental sections for the F-35 three locations. I would question the statement that noise will not be a problem at Burlington, VT. This will be proven by the follow on scoping meetings and public hearings at Burlington. The airport does not have a big land foot […]
Cray to Clark (3-12-10) “Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, who, as one of the most senior members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Senate National Guard Caucus, has led a decades’ long effort to ensure that the Vermont Air National Guard has the finest facilities, equipment, and training, and, in doing […]
Rose to Wright (5-14-10) “We still have time to discuss your concerns regarding the changes since the 2006 Part 150 but just as an FYI, this is the same approach we were going to take with the JAX airport.” #41588 Clark to Rose and Caputo (5-18-10) “…they are using our operational data from our latest […]
By Jasper Craven June 4, 2018 Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has told federal and local leaders that the Vermont Air National Guard has essentially one viable flying mission — the F-35 fighter jet. Wilson told Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in an interview last month at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing that it was “highly […]
By Jasper Craven May 6 2018 Two retired Air Force officials have called on federal watchdogs to investigate the Vermont Air National Guard over what they allege is unethical and, perhaps, illegal conduct. Air Force Col. Rosanne Greco, the leader of an activist group that opposes the F-35 fighter jet, and retired Air Force Lt. […]
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By Lou Whiteman June 10, 2018 The Pentagon could go ahead with a huge F-35 order before all the problems with the plane are resolved. An important government watchdog says that’s a bad idea. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has advised the Pentagon to hold off moving into full-rate production with the F-35 fighter until the […]
June 10, 2018 MINISTRY OF A FENCE Planespotters discovered the weak fencing at RAF Marham which left the four new F-35 Lightning jets vulnerable to attacks from terrorists BRITAIN’S new £100million warplanes are protected by a flimsy 5ft picket fence in an astonishing security lapse. The four F-35 Lightning jets at RAF Marham, Norfolk, are […]
May 24, 2018 Political Participation of Vermont Air National Guard Senior Officers MG Cray says “a vote of no” shows support for the Guard (2-9-18) https://vtdigger.org/2018/02/09/air-guard-pushes-back-f-35-ballot-measure/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MG Cray claims ballot item misleads the voters (2-9-18) http://www.vermontbiz.com/news/2018/february/12/air-guard-responds-anti-f-35-burlington-ballot-question ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BG Clark says their press conference was held because of upcoming vote on ballot measure (3-1-18) https://vtdigger.org/2018/03/01/vermont-air-guard-details-f-35-plans-ahead-contentious-ballot-measure/ […]