By John Vogel March 29, 2016 Recently I’ve been spending time in the Burlington area and wondering why we have to put up with the ear splitting noise of military planes as they take off and land. The good news is that they’re phasing out the F-16s. The bad news is they’ll be replacing them […]
By Keele Smith April 6, 2016 F-35 jets expected to arrive in Burlington in 2019 Air Force officials announced Monday that the first F-35 fighter jets are expected to arrive in Vermont in fall of 2019. But those fighting to keep them from coming here are not giving up hope. “There are no benefits to the […]
By Lara Seligman March 31, 2016 The US Marine Corps is looking into the possibility of demonstrating an F-35B vertical landing during a major international air show in the United Kingdom this summer. The Marine Corps F-35Bs, an aircraft unique in its ability to takeoff and land at short distances with no runway, will open the […]
By Clay Dillow / Fortune March 31, 2016 The pilotless aircraft could take to the skies before driverless vehicles hit the road The U.S. Air Force Research Lab is moving ahead with an initiative to turn aging F-16 fighter jets into unmanned, autonomous combat aircraft. The pilotless planes will fly alongside the newer aircraft like […]
By Lara Seligman March 24, 2016 The chief of the F-35 joint program office (JPO) is at odds with a prominent government watchdog over how to manage a follow-on modernization effort for the fifth-generation fighter jet. Michael Sullivan of the Government Accountability Office called on the Pentagon to establish a standalone acquisition program for the […]
By Lara Seligman March 25, 2016 The F-35 joint strike fighter will fly until 2070, reflecting a decision by the US armed services to extend the operational life of the fleet by six years. All three services that operate the F-35 — the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps — increased the total flight hours […]
By Brad Evans April 4, 2016 Air Force officials announced Monday the Burlington Air Guard will receive its first F-35A aircraft in the fall of 2019. The Air Force said the aircraft will be used by the Vermont Air National Guard to grow its active-duty maintenance force. “The Air Force is experiencing a shortage of […]
By: Dan Grazier & Mandy Smithberger March 7, 2016 The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) recently released a scathing assessment of the F-35 program as part of his annual report. Buried inside 48 pages of highly technical language is a gripping story of mismanagement, delayed tests, serious safety issues, a software nightmare, and […]
March 21, 2016 Top Air Force acquisitions personnel who went to Capitol Hill on March 8 seemed to find friendly support from Congress for restoring cut F-35 buys to the fiscal year 2017 budget. The service had delayed purchasing five F-35 Lightning IIs that were set for 2017 – a move the service said would […]
By Richard Chirgwin March 8, 2016 The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has run into yet another software bug, according to a report in IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly. The glitch is in the software that operates the fighter’s radar. During flight, Jane’s reckons, the radar software becomes unstable. The report quotes US Air Force Major General Jeffrey […]