By Oriana Pawlyk April 25, 2018 The Marine Corps may struggle to support the ongoing deployment of its F-35B Joint Strike Fighter to the Pacific if the Defense Department won’t properly share the service’s operational challenges to the Navy or Air Force, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. The GAO issued a report […]
March 29, 2013 A new problem for the F35 fighter jet that made an emergency landing in Lubbock two weeks ago. Lockheed Martin officials tell us the jet tried to leave Lubbock and fly back to Ft. Worth this week, but experienced a problem with a communications channel of the flight control system and couldn’t […]
By Meaghan Emery April 25, 2018 Editor’s note: This commentary is by Meaghan Emery, of South Burlington, who is the vice chair of the South Burlington City Council. In 2010 (I was on the council at the time), the first public meeting to discuss the proposed basing of the F-35 at Burlington International Airport was held […]
April 24, 2018 A US F-35 stealth fighter jet has made an emergency landing at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan. The jet landed at Tsuiki Air Base just after 11 AM on Tuesday. The Defense Ministry says the plane belongs to the US Marine Corps at Iwakuni Air Station in […]
South Burlington City Council Resolution in Solidarity with the cities of Burlington and Winooski regarding replacing the F-35A with a safe and quiet aircraft WHEREAS, South Burlington values the women and men of the Vermont National Guard and endorses their mission to protect the citizens of Vermont; WHEREAS, South Burlington is the city out of […]
By Lena Connolly April 20, 2018 Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lena Connolly, a sophomore at the University of Vermont and a lifelong Burlington resident. My name is Lena Connolly. I am a sophomore at the University of Vermont, and I have lived in Burlington for my entire life. Surrounded by a loving and compassionate […]
By William Boardman April 19, 2018 Author’s Note: Since the Burlington mayor’s non-veto veto of his city council’s anti-F-35 resolution, two other affected towns have acted. On April 16, the city council in Winooski, which sits in the airport’s flight path, voted unanimously for a resolution opposing the F-35. Also on April 16, the city […]
By Gail Callahan April 18, 2018 The Winooski and South Burlington city councils have joined their Burlington counterpart in passing a resolution calling for an alternative mission to the F-35 fighter that are set to arrive at the local airport next year. The resolution was adopted on a 3-1 vote in South Burlington and unanimously […]
By Pat Bradley April 18, 2018 In the wake of Burlington city voters approving a resolution asking that the U.S. Air Force cancel plans to base the F-35 fighter jet at the Vermont National Guard base, two nearby city councils this week passed similar resolutions to forward to military officials. The Burlington City council approved […]
By Rosanne Greco April 16, 2018 On a recent warm sunny morning, I had a beautiful daydream. It went like this: I was sitting on my front porch peacefully gazing at the blue sky when I saw an aircraft rising into the eastern sky, after having taken off from the airport in South Burlington. It was […]