May 16, 2007 Market Watch is reporting the following: “The Justice Department and the U.S. Navy have reached a settlement agreement with approximately 3,400 property owners in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Va., regarding litigation relating to jet noise at a naval air base. Under the terms of the agreement, the participating plaintiffs agree to dismiss […]
By Julia Macuga February 8, 2018 The stack of speaker sign-up sheets for the F-35 ballot item towered at a packed City Hall last Monday night. People from around the state and members of the press crowded the first floor and balcony. People in polished brass mingled with those in salt-stained boots. The session had […]
February 09, 2018 The leader of the Vermont National Guard has a message for Burlington voters. It’s about a ballot question on the new F-35 fighter jets heading for the Green Mountain Boys next year. Opponents of the jets pushed for the nonbinding question on the March ballot requesting cancellation of F-35 basing at Burlington […]
By Elizabeth Gribkoff and Mike Dougherty February 9, 2018 Vermont National Guard officials spoke out on Friday against a ballot measure that will allow Burlington voters to signal opposition to basing F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport. Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, Vermont’s adjutant general, said at a press conference that the question “misleads […]
By Greg Guma January 25, 2018 In Vermont’s ongoing debate about the basing of F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport the arguments in support often center on balancing noise and other admitted impacts against economic necessities, benefits and fears. But the controversy also raises questions about the real economic impacts of military spending. […]
By Renee Wunderlich February 8, 2018 Rosanne Greco is a former South Burlington city councilor and a retired Air Force colonel. She spoke to University of Vermont students Thursday about her work with the advocacy group “Save Our Skies VT.” Greco said there are a lot of reasons she’s not a fan of the F-35s. “Health […]
By William Boardman February 3, 2018 This 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 of mass destruction, the nuclear capable F-35 fighter-bomber (in development since 1992, first flown in 2000, still not reliably deployable […]
June 22, 2012 The Department of Defense is telling U.S. Senate leaders that it will stop scheduled Air Force transfers of aircraft until Congress finalizes 2013 budget plans later this year, which could also further prevent those transfers. The announcement, released by Montana U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, comes as several states become increasingly worried about […]
By David Murray September 22, 2017 Sometime in the next several weeks an environmental assessment study will be completed on the grounds of Malmstrom Air Force Base. If that assessment on a narrow strip of land stretching near dead center through the base doesn’t reveal any big problems, it’s fair to assume that construction on a […]