I have to say, I have grown weary of being on the other end of the “that jet noise is the sound of freedom” argument every time I express my concern over the basing of the F-35 here in Burlington. It is not the sound of freedom. Freedom is a concept, an intellectual construct, and […]
“It loads up like a bomb truck with the world’s deadliest air to ground weapons.” As F-16 designer Pierre Sprey said in 2013, the F-35 will be used as a high altitude bomber. Watch this 3 minute F-35 promotion video to learn more.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News Hundreds of problems continue to plague the troubled Joint Strike Fighter, potentially calling into question the basic performance and reliability of the costliest weapons program in U.S. history, the Defense Department’s inspector general charges in a new report. In a 16-month investigation that began in February 2012, […]
THE MYTH OF MITIGATION The Free Press’ September 28 editorial on the F-35 – which essentially said, learn to live with it— plays into the disinformation campaign that has been waged by politicians and the GBIC. They consistently talk about “mitigating” the dangers to our area from basing this fighter-bomber in a densely populated neighborhood. […]
We have just a week left to help Burlington, Vermont kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the biggest taxpayer ripoff in human history. On Monday, October 7, the Burlington City Council will vote on a binding resolution that would block F-35 warplanes from being based at Burlington International Airport, which is owned by the city. […]
I was floored by Vermont Air National Guard spokesman Capt. Chris Gookin ‘s remark on Vermont Public Radio on Sept. 26: “The takeaway,” Gookin said, “is that we remain confident in the decision-making process because the decision-making process – it’s repeatable, it’s defendable and it’s transparent.” If only it was so. Capt. Gookin’s statement defending the […]
With Vermont’s highest elected officials still deep in Defense Dept. denial over the disaster that is the Air Force’s F-35 strike fighter, a local city council threatens to bring some military sanity to Vermont (but nowhere else) by exercising its landlord right to reject as a tenant a weapon of mass destruction that will wreak […]
It’s Definitely Not Over: The Burlington City Council can still bar the basing, the EIS has major omissions that can challenged, several other legal challenges are in play, and a political decision made at Leahy’s demand can be changed just as quickly. AIR FORCE: BURLINGTON IN LINE TO RECEIVE F-35S The Vermont Air National Guard […]
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is concerned the U.S. Air Force might go forward with basing some F-35 fighter jets with an active military base and make no decision on the question of whether a National Guard facility, such as Vermont’s, would receive the plane. “This isn’t the first time the Air Force or one of […]
The Joint Strike Fighter is the most expensive weapons system ever developed. It is plagued by design flaws and cost overruns. It flies only in good weather. The computers that run it lack the software they need for combat. No one can say for certain when the plane will work as advertised. Until recently, the […]