March 23, 2016 The Air Force has been given an extra month, until late April, to respond to a federal lawsuit alleging that the service failed to adequately study the environmental effects of expanding a military training program at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Three Tucson residents filed the lawsuit Jan. 22, challenging the Air Force’s […]
By Elizabeth Murray March 28, 2016 The Winooski City Council unanimously approved spending $5,000 more on a lawsuit the city entered last year regarding the U.S. Air Force’s environmental impact statement regarding F-35 fighter jets. The additional money was an agenda item at Monday’s council meeting at Winooski City Hall. The City Council initially approved spending $7,500 on the lawsuit when […]
By James Marc Leas March 31, 2016 Supporting our Vermont Air National Guard is one thing. Supporting particular items of equipment is another. Supporting our Green Mountain Boys does not require supporting the Air Force decision to base F-35 warplanes at the airport in South Burlington. If our Guardsmen were lousy at their jobs, poor […]
By Roger Bourassa March 31, 2016 Editor’s note: This commentary is by Roger Bourassa, of Colchester, who served in the Marines and is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He flew in the F-89, the C-97, and the F-101 and flew all over the world including several missions to Vietnam. A recent letter to a South Burlington […]
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 […]