May 16, 2016 Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., is renewing her fight to keep the A-10 out of the boneyard. She wants to make retirement of the legacy attack plane contingent on a “flyoff” with the fifth-generation F-35. McSally, a retired Air Force colonel with hundreds of hours flying the A-10 in Iraq and Afghanistan, spearheaded […]
By Lara Seligman May 9, 2016 F-35 critics often point to the Pentagon’s decision to start building the fifth-generation fighter before design and testing is complete as the root of the program’s problems. Even now, as the Air Force prepares to declare its F-35A jets operational this year, so-called “concurrency” remains an obstacle. These ongoing […]
May 25, 2016 Despite the ongoing risks that the Lockheed Martin fighter jets will crash to the earth, the Pentagon plans to spend an additional $16 billion on another batch of F-35s. On Tuesday, the Pentagon finally acknowledged that the beleaguered F-35 fighter jet will not be ready for its final test phase until 2018 […]
September 2011 United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to Congressional Requesters Aviation Safety Status of FAA’s Actions to Oversee the Safety of Composite Airplanes On the basis of expert interviews and a review of literature, GAO identified four key safety-related concerns with the repair and maintenance of composites in commercial airplanes—(1) limited information on […]
F-35A CTOL Conventional Takeoff and Landing USAF small wing full canopy aerial refueling receptacle dorsal gun blister on upper port side no STOVL panel lines or markings [FULL ARTICLE]
Under the Alternative Fighter Engine (AFE) program, the USAF decided to adopt an alternative engine for the F-16, splitting engine orders between Pratt & Whitney and General Electric. As originally planned, with each new fiscal year, a new set of engine orders would be issued. Competition between these two companies would, it was hoped, keep […]
By Sarah Olsen June 14, 2016 The City Council postponed a decision on joining a lawsuit seeking to keep F-35 fighter jets from being based at the local airport after councilors Monday traded accusations of manipulating or subverting the public process in order to sway the outcome. The current plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the […]
By Eileen Andreoli May 8, 2016 With his recent reversal of his support of the EB-5 program, Sen. Patrick Leahy seemed to declare that he has realized the errors of his ways. His denouncement of the program is admission that the EB-5 project is corrupt and has harmed both the investors and everyday Vermonters. Now […]
By James Marc Leas June 16, 2016 The F-35 basing decision followed the Flint, Michigan, model – eyes closed to the foreseeable catastrophic consequences. The Air Force Environmental Impact Study (EIS) says the F-35 is expected to have a crash rate like the F-22, which has a much higher crash rate than the F-16. The […]
By Colonel Rosanne Greco, USAF (retired) June 15, 2015 Dear Councilors, Once again, I urge all of you to support joining the NEPA lawsuit, which is simply to get the Air Force to comply with federal law and provide the necessary information on the basing impacts of the F-35. Many people tried – unsuccessfully for years […]