“We are among “those that live by the airport.” However, we have never complained about the noise, until this past summer (and only to each other). We’ve lived here 15 years, love the area and being close to everything. We moved in from Meridian after 17 years of the sprawl out there. Our home was […]
By Bud Foster Jan 26, 2016 TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -Three residents who live in midtown Tucson in the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base flight path have filed a suit against the U.S. Air Force. The suit, filed by the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Intereston behalf of Gary Hunter, Anita Scales and Rita […]
By Caitlin Schmidt January 23, 2016 Three residents of neighborhoods near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base have filed for an injunction in federal court, seeking to require the Air Force to conduct a more detailed analysis of how increased training flights from the base will affect the community. Rita Ornelas, Gary Hunter and Anita Scales filed […]
BY SVEN BERG DECEMBER 23, 2015 Some Boiseans believe the deciders have made up their minds to bring louder military jets to Boise. Many of these people live near the airport, so they’d be most affected by the noise. They suspect their concerns don’t matter to the city government, Idaho Air National Guard and U.S. […]
By Associated Press Jan 28, 2016 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Sonic booms heard and felt along the eastern shoreline were caused by military fighter jets conducting tests, officials said. An F-35C, which has a top speed of nearly 1,200 mph, and an F-18 from Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland were conducting supersonic testing […]
By Joe Ferguson January 16, 2016 Arizona Sen. John McCaincredits the fight against the ISIS terror group for postponing the retirement of the military’s A-10 Thunderbolt II jet, which has a huge presence at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. ‘If you had to give the majority of credit somewhere, I would give it to Mr. Baghdadi […]
By Lara Seligman January 28, 2016 WASHINGTON — Ahead of President Barack Obama’s budget rollout next week, an influential Air Force pilot-turned lawmaker called on the commander-in-chief and his defense secretary to request full funding for the legacy A-10 until plans for its replacement take shape. “As you finalize the Department of Defense’s (DOD) budget request for fiscal […]
By Phillip Swarts December 28, 2015 After 15 years in development and a planned $1.5 trillion investment in the program, the Air Force’s divisive, longawaited fifth-generation fighter is expected to finally be ready for limited operations in 2016. Once the F-35 Lightning II, built by Lockheed Martin, reaches initial operating capability, the Air Force will […]
By Thad Moore December 14, 2015 PINELLAS PARK — Daniel Conroy knows the F-35 Lightning II program has had its problems, delayed for years and costing far more than first expected. But the Pentagon’s ambitious fighter jet project is finally back on track, says Conroy, director of the Air Force F-35 program for Lockheed Martin, […]
By Lara Seligman January 15, 2016 WASHINGTON – The Pentagon and engine maker Pratt & Whitney have reached a handshake agreement on the ninth and tenth batches of F135 engines to power the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the department announced today. The ninth and tenth low rate initial production (LRIP) contracts will cover 66 and […]