By Nicole Higgins DeSmet June 30, 2016 Judge Geoffrey Crawford has granted the City of South Burlington’s request to participate in support of the safety and sound lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force, only days before the case is heard in court. South Burlington City Manager Kevin Dorn and attorney John Klesch confirmed the development. A federal Environmental […]
By Stewart Ledbetter July 5, 2016 Veracity of environmental review at heart of legal challenge A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday over whether the U.S. Air Force did its job drafting an environmental impact study projecting how the F-35 fighter jet might fit in at the Burlington airport. The USAF used the study in part […]
BY MARK DAVIS JULY 5, 2016 Opponents of the U.S. Air Force’s decision to base a squadron of next-generation F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport finally got their day in federal court on Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford heard arguments in a lawsuit accusing the Air Force of failing to conduct a […]
By Adam Federman July 6, 2016 Air Force attorney David Gehlert closed nearly four hours of testimony in Rutland Federal Court on Tuesday by stressing that the government has fully acknowledged the public health and environmental risks associated with the F-35 fighter jet. Gehlert also acknowledged that the environmental impacts of the aircraft would be […]
May 21, 2006 A pair of F-117A Nighthawks taxi Feb. 13 at Nellis Air Force Base. In legal battles that spanned a decade, the government refused to acknowledge that fumes from open-pit burning of stealth coatings used on its radar-evading warplanes harmed workers at the secret Area 51 installation along the dry Groom Lake bed […]
September 3, 2007 For 17 years, Fred Dunham never spoke publicly about where he used to work or what he once did at the place he calls “the location.” Dunham says he feared he would be arrested and sent to jail for breaching a national security oath he took in 1981 when he was hired […]
By Elizabeth Cohen June 11, 1995 The crash last month of one of the nation’s most advanced warplanes on this peaceful Indian reservation just west of the Continental Divide has forged an unlikely alliance of secrecy between a reclusive ancient people and the Air Force. Military officials refuse to talk about the crash, as do […]
July 18, 2016 More of our force is being demanded, deployed longer than planned. Intended replacements are not keeping pace with attrition.” Maj. Gen. Scott West, the director of current operations for the Air Force, said airmen are flying some aircraft and bombers — such as the B-52 Stratofortress — that are more than 50 […]
June 21, 2016 The American company given a contract to provide the biggest weapons purchased in Australia’s history has launched a public relations offensive. the controversial F35 jet fighters have been played by big costs and big delays.
By Nicole Higgins DeSmet June 30, 2016 Community members cried foul at being denied entrance to a publicly announced meeting last week. Vaughn Altemus of Williston, who was not admitted to the Vermont National Guard meeting last Wednesday, wrote of his concerns to Free Press on Sunday following a story written by staff regarding South Burlington’s support of a sound and safety lawsuit […]