By Darren Perron May 17, 2018 If the F-35 fighter jet doesn’t land here, the Vermont Air Guard would likely be grounded. That’s according to the U.S. Air Force. U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson testified Thursday in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee about the 2019 budget. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, took the […]
By Amy McCullough May 1, 2018 The Air Force is already thinking about how it will certify its nuclear systems in a cyber environment. That’s a significant challenge considering the last time it certified such a system—the B-2 in the early 1990s—the internet didn’t exist, at least not as it does today. “We built a […]
By Anthony Capaccio April 25, 2018 The Pentagon classified an assessment of the major challenges the Marine Corps encountered in deploying the U.S.’s first F-35 jets to the Pacific, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. An unclassified version of the study released on Wednesday suggests the problems with the Lockheed Martin Corp. fighter — which […]
By Oriana Pawlyk May 7, 2018 One of the busiest F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training units is hoping the U.S. Air Force can help relieve some of the pressures of training student pilots with ineffective resources. The 33rd Fighter Wing, the leading training wing for F-35 student pilots, hopes it will receive additional F-35A aircraft, […]
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. […]
By Taylor Young May 1, 2018 The Queen City is one step closer to building a hotel at the Burlington International Airport. Monday night city officials approved the BTV Hotel ground lease. Alpha Inn Management is partnering with DEW Properties on the project. In the agreement, the two businesses will lease the property to the […]
By William Boardman February 1, 2018 Donald Trump loves the F-35 and so does Burlington City Council – that is the real state of the union his is a story primarily about corrupt practices by the Burlington City Council, in its headlong determination to force a neighboring city to be the base for a weapon […]
April 16, 2018 CITY OF WINOOSKI CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON THE BASING OF THE F-35S AT THE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Whereas the City of Winooski wishes to address the Air Force decision to base F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport, doing so through Secretary Dr. Heather Wilson, and ; Whereas the City of […]
March 26, 2018 Resolution Relating to REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE MISSION FOR THE VERMONT AIR NATIONAL GUARD AT BURLINGTON AIRPORT CITY OF BURLINGTON In the year Two Thousand Eighteen… Resolved by the City council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That WHEREAS, on March 6, 2018, by a […]