BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK OCTOBER 27, 2017 Whatever you might think of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it’s safe to say that the Joint Program Office hasn’t had a particularly good week. Reports of hypoxia, cyber security concerns, and the need for a major cost review followed the appearance of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]
By Srivari Aishwarya November 1, 2017 A review conducted by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the US Department of Defense (DoD) must address the challenges affecting readiness and cost transparency of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter sustainment programme. The DoD is sustaining more than 250 F-35 aircraft, with plans […]
January 8, 2018 For 25 years, Dan Cruz delivered mail at the Peterson Air Force Base and drank the water. Then came cancer – thyroid, prostate, testicular – he said never before seen in his family. “I’m the only one that’s been diagnosed with cancer not once, not twice, but three times. People on my […]
By Katie Jickling January 30, 2018 The Burlington City Council on Monday agreed to allow voters to weigh in on the future basing of the F-35 fighter jets — but not before a lengthy discussion about ballot wording that, in the end, will remain the same. The Town Meeting Day ballot question is advisory, and […]
By Emily Greenberg February 17, 2017 An official with the Federal Aviation Administration told residents here that there is little that can be done to mitigate noise from F-35 jet fighters taking off and landing at the Burlington International Airport. The airport is located in the middle of a residential area. At a question and […]
February 16, 2017 The Burlington International Airport (BTV) and its Commissioners held a question and answer session on February 16, 2017 with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives, Airport representatives , Vermont Air National Guard, Vermont Army National Guard and various Airport consultants in relation to the Home Buyout Program, Land Use and Reuse Program, Noise […]
The military says it’s set to base the F-35 fighter jet in Burlington by next fall, but opponents have renewed a long-simmering fight to prevent the next-generation fighter jet from landing. A plan to base the military’s F-35 jet in Burlington has sparked nearly a decade of debate. Efforts to stop it have included lawsuits […]
By Katie Jickling January 19, 2018 Opponents of the decision to base F-35s at Burlington International Airport collected 2,700 signatures — nearly 1,000 more than required — to put the question to Queen City voters on the Town Meeting Day ballot, members announced in a press conference outside City Hall on Friday. The advisory question, […]
December 12, 2017 Charles Simpson, retired professor of sociology, sits down with Jimmy Leas, activist with Save Our Skies, Rosanne Greco, retired Air Force Colonel and Save Our Skies activist, and Carol Miller, of the New Mexico based Peaceful Skies Coalition, to pokes a few holes in the message to which Vermont’s political establishment […]
By James A Dumont, Esq., P.C. February 8, 2018 I write on behalf of numerous residents of Burlington, Winooski, South Burlington, and surrounding communities, including but not limited to Mr. Leas, to submit this Public Records Act and Freedom of Information Act request to the Vermont Department of the Military, the Vermont Air National Guard, […]