By George Nichols, E Maj. USAF September 3, 2013 Notes from today’s phone conversation between Senator Leahy and General Welsh Senator Leahy opened with casual conversation and wanted to be a little more “Parochial” concerning F-35 He strongly supports F-35 in Vermont. Tiny vocal minority that is against it. He has received over 200 letters […]
By Jasper Craven Feb 6 2018 It’s NOT TOO LATE! We can still save our communities from the inappropriate F35 basing in our residential neighborhoods! Burlington voters — please help by voting YES on article #6 at Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 6. “Elsewhere in recent years, military plans have been scrapped or greatly […]
By Alex Lockie Jan. 12, 2017 The Air Force designed the F-35A with nuclear capability in mind, and a new report indicates that the Joint Strike Fighter may carry nuclear weapons sooner than expected. The Air Force originally planned to integrate nuclear weapons in the F-35 between 2020-2022, but Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus […]
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A Republican senator on a leading defense panel in Congress has moved to block the Air Force’s plans to retire the A-10 Warthog attack plane. [FULL ARTICLE] A Republican senator has blocked the confirmation of the woman nominated by President Obama to be the next Air Force secretary until the service offers up more […]
By Dan Cohen July 9, 2014 Air Force officials have decided to impose operational limitations on F-35 training flights at Eglin Air Force Base on the Florida Panhandle to reduce noise over the city of Valparaiso, according to a record of decision published Wednesday. Officials selected the “no action alternative” for the basing of up […]
By Meagan O’Halloran Mar 02, 2010 A year and a half ago, every city and town in Okaloosa County was anxious to welcome the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilot training program to Eglin Air Force Base. Every city except Valparaiso, where residents said they were worried about the additional flights and excessive noise. his […]
By Kelly Humphrey April 23, 2016 The F-35 and its three variants (the Air Force’s F-35A, the Marine Corps’ F-35B and the Navy’s F-35C) have both ardent defenders and fierce critics in Congress, at the Pentagon, in the defense industry and on the Internet. Thousands of critics and conspiracy theorists have questioned the aircraft’s safety, […]
By Kelly Humphrey April 23, 2016 While the Marine Corps originally trained its pilots at Eglin, last year the branch relocated its school to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina, and took its F-35B’s with them. Going forward, F-35B pilots from the United Kingdom will also train at Beaufort. That leaves less than […]
April 23, 2015 A one-time, temporary increase in certain F-35 operations is allowed due to required construction-related closure…but only after all mitigations measure have first been implemented and/or exhausted, limited additional F-35 operations up to the number and type of average daily operations. The DoN is authorized to deliver up to fifteen additional BAI F-35C […]