August 22, 2016 The Air Force will soon stand up interim F-16 training units to increase pilot output, the service announced Aug. 11. “We need to increase our pilot production, and soon we will announce the stand up of new F-16 training units,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told reporters at a State of […]
By Gareth Corfield August 1, 2016 US restrictions on the F-35 fighter jet’s targeting system will make it “almost impossible” for training to be carried out in the UK, the Ministry of Defence fears – but its press office insists the constraints are normal. The F-35’s electro-optical targeting system (EOTS) includes a target designator laser […]
By Stephen Stuebner Nov. 28, 1994 The Air Force’s decision Oct. 6 to back off on building a new bombing range in the Owyhee canyonlands is a victory – and therefore shocking. Who would have thought that a coalition of local and national environmentalists, hunting groups and a few members of Congress could stop the […]
By Nicole Higgins DeSmet June 28, 2016 Frantic and frustrated attempts to dominate the narrative by well-meaning parties both for and against the F-35 basing and a related safety and sound lawsuit have upset some South Burlington residents and confused others. There is an incredible amount of information available for the general public to consume: the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), legal filings, […]
By Thomas I. Chittenden June 22, 2016 The city of South Burlington has no imperative to commit our good name and our resources to a private lawsuit against the U.S. government designed to stop military aircraft at Burlington International Airport. This question was not on the ballot this past March. Residents of South Burlington did […]
June 22, 2016 Public Hearing on F-35 Lawsuit. South Burlington City Council Special Meeting. [FULL ARTICLE]
By Nicole Higgins DeSmet June 23, 2016 The City Council voted in support of joining the F-35 litigation, but not as a plaintiff. It was not unanimous. Councilors Thomas Chittenden and Pat Nowak were the dissenters. Nowak was on vacation, but participated via smartphone. There are barely two weeks left before Judge Geoffrey Crawford hears […]
By Renee Wunderlich June 23, 2016 The South Burlington City Council dedicated it’s entire Wednesday night meeting to one issue: whether or not to join the lawsuit against F-35 fighter jets set to be based at Burlington international airport starting in 2019. “We just may come down on different sides of the issue, but that […]
BY MORGAN TRUE JUNE 25, 2016 The City Council voted 3-2 earlier this week to file an amicus, or friend of the court, brief in a lawsuit seeking to block the arrival of F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport until the U.S. Air Force completes environmental reviews that the plaintiffs argue were not done […]
By Nicole Higgins DeSmet June 29, 2016 South Burlington filed on Tuesday a motion, asking the court to allow the city to support the safety and sound lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force, just one week before the case is heard. The city also submitted a formal memorandum in support of the lawsuit. South Burlington City Attorney Jim Barlow confirmed […]