By Molly Walsh May 31, 2016 The Vermont National Guard plans to spend more than $25 million to improve the taxiway that military jets use at Burlington International Airport. The project also will replace the apron where Vermont Air National Guard planes park and refuel. The work is expected to begin this fall and continue […]
By Jess Aloe June 9, 2016 The possible carcinogen PFOA has been found in water samples from the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington and the Pittsford Fire Academy, Gov. Peter Shumlin announced on Thursday. The contaminated water is not being used for drinking supplies, Shumlin spokesman Scott Coriell said in a news […]
By Howard Weiss-Tisman June 9, 2016 The state says that the chemical PFOA has been detected for the first time outside of Bennington County. Gov. Peter Shumlin says PFOA and PFOS, which is also a suspected carcinogen, were found in groundwater on the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington. PFOA is a suspected cancer […]
January 1, 2016 The Vermont Air National Guard has lost an active-duty Air Force detachment and gained a squadron this January as part of the Total Force Integration (TFI) when Maj. Daniel McGuire assumed command of the 315th Fighter Squadron. Although the VTANG has had active-duty members working there for about 10 years as a […]
March 25, 2016 By James Drew The projected life of the F-35 Lightning II has been extended by six years to 2070 after the US military services tweaked the number of flight hours their fleets should log before retirement. [FULL ARTICLE]
By Jane Edwards March 28, 2016 Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, chief of the F-35 joint program office, has said the Air Force, Marine Corps and the Navy have decided to extend the service life of the Joint Strike Fighter fleet from 2064 to 2070, Defense News reported Friday. Lara Seligman writes Bogdan told reporters Thursday that the […]
March 23, 2016 Committee on Armed Services Hearing: Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. Location: 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program and the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Subcommittees: Tactical Air and Land Forces (114th Congress) [FULL ARTICLE]
By Oriana Pawlyk and Phillip Swarts June 2, 2016 The F-16, assigned to the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, crashed around 1 p.m. and Turner was recovered by local first responders, said Master Sgt. Chrissy Best, a Thunderbirds spokeswoman. Turner ejected south of the Colorado Springs airport. The crash posed no hazard to the public, […]
By Dave Philipps June 19, 2016 It was one of the biggest nuclear accidents in history, and the United States wanted it cleaned up quickly and quietly. But if the men getting onto buses were told anything about the Air Force’s plan for them to clean up spilled radioactive material, it was usually, “Don’t worry.” […]
By Patrick Tucker April 17, 2016 Pentagon officials say the plane can fly without the aircraft’s enormously complex diagnostics system. Problems with the Joint Strike Fighter’s logistics software will not keep the F-35 fleet from flying, the Pentagon says, contrary to a new Government Accountability Office, or GAO, report that hinted at a possible grounding. In […]