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, […]
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 […]