By Dan Grazier November 16, 2016 When F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots take to the air in coming years, not only will their plane not be suitable for combat, it won’t even be fully developed. Indeed, performance in multiple essential mission areas will be “unacceptable,” according to the Pentagon’s top weapon testing official. In a memo obtained […]
By Monty Mericle November 26, 2016 It was made clear again Nov. 16 to the 150 residents attending the Boise Airport Master Planning meeting that the Boise Airport and Boise City officials have no intention of addressing the noise impacts of the expanding airport operations. The recently completed FAA sponsored Noise Study projects the “Not […]
DECEMBER 14, 2016 Navy Contaminates Coupeville Wells from Navy OLF Training Site Residents Warned Against Drinking, Preparing Food with Their Water The Navy has delivered bottled water and warnings to the first of what may be many homes with contaminated drinking water that are located in the area of the Navy’s Outlying Field (OLF) near […]
By Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward December 5, 2016 The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post. Pentagon leaders had […]
By Phillip Swarts October 29, 2015 Donald Trump wants to tell the F-35 that it’s fired. The businessman and Republican presidential candidate questioned the wisdom of purchasing the joint strike fighter during an appearance on a conservative radio talk show Oct. 22. “When they say that this cannot perform as well as the planes we […]
December 7, 2016 Air Force officials announced five installations as candidate bases for the next two Air National Guard F-35A locations. The candidate bases include: Dannelly Field Air Guard Station, Montgomery, Alabama; Gowen Field AGS, Boise, Idaho; Jacksonville AGS Florida, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Detroit, and Truax AGS, Madison, Wisconsin. “The Air Force is […]
By Sven Berg December 7, 2016 Boise’s Gowen Field is one of five locations the U.S. Air Force is considering as a base for about 18 F-35 fighter jets, the Idaho National Guard announced Wednesday. If Gowen is selected, the F-35s would replace 21 A-10 warplanes now based here. A lot work has to be […]
By Damian Paletta and Doug Cameron December 12, 2016 Donald Trump took aim at the Pentagon’s costliest program on Monday, saying on Twitter the “program and cost” of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter “is out of control.” This is the second defense program in recent days the president-elect has unloaded on for cost issues. Last […]
By Kyle Midura December 12, 2016 The battle over bringing the F-35 fighter jet to Burlington took a turn Monday with a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump. Just before a pair of F-35s touched down in Israel, a tweet from President-elect Donald Trump sent the manufacturer’s stock into a free-fall. “The F-35 program and cost […]
December 13, 2016 South Burlington should pursue options for a study that would show how noise from soon-to-be-deployed F-35 fighters could impact neighborhoods surrounding Burlington International Airport. The sound contours are likely to change with the scheduled arrival of the new Air National Guard jets in 2019. The next-generation fighters are louder, but are expected to […]