September 19, 2008 Proposed sites selected with objective to: Minimize impacts to landowners and residents Avoid National Wildlife Areas, wetlands, Important Bird Areas, and Threatened and Endangered species… [FULL ARTICLE]
January 9, 2004 The Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife and the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, will file suit in federal court Friday challenging the Navy’s plan to build a military jet landing field in the heart of the Atlantic migratory bird flyway and a few miles from a […]
By Kate Wiltrout Mar 30, 2008 The setting was humble and wholesome, and so was the food. Fresh-cooked pork barbecue, green beans and homemade pound cake, all served on paper plates at picnic tables inside a giant barn. The people, too, were humble. Even on a Saturday night when they could gleefully have celebrated their […]
July 18, 2003 The Secretary of the Navy has released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for introduction of the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet to the East Coast of the United States. The document contains two preferred home basing alternatives, each recommending split basing of 10 Super Hornet squadrons at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana […]
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 […]