The F-35: U.S. Air Force in Corrupt Practice

[unhappycamper]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Air-Force-in-Corrupt-by-William-Boardman-121207-332.html



F-35 nuclear-capable stealth fighter


U.S. Air Force in Corrupt Practice
By William Boardman
12/7/2012 at 14:51:46

The Governor of Vermont and the Mayor of Burlington have decided to flaunt their corrupt behavior as they engage in a private, lobbyist-paid trip supported by a directly interested party in a charade of investigation designed to bring a nuclear weapons system to Vermont at the expense of the health, welfare, and homes of thousands of Vermonters.

That's not exactly the way Governor Peter Shumlin put it at his news conference December 6 when he announced that he would be taking a trip to Florida, in a private jet paid for by the Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, to visit the Eglin Air Force Base, in order to listen personally to an F-35 nuclear-capable stealth fighter bomber that has created significant controversy in Vermont because of the Air Force's potential plan to base the world's most expensive weapons system in the midst of Vermont's most populated area.

Accompanying the governor on the December 12 Florida trip, he said, would be Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Winooski Mayor Michael O'Brien. All three elected officials are Democrats and the mayors endorsed the governor's 2012 re-election. Shumlin and Weinberger endorsed the F-35 as Burlington's own WMD last May.

Although the F-35 would be based at the Burlington Airport in South Burlington if it comes to Vermont, the governor has excluded South Burlington officials from his Florida trip. The South Burlington City Council recently voted unanimously to reaffirm its opposition to an F-35 base that would devastate the city. City Council chair Rosanne Greco is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former Pentagon planner, whose concise and wide-ranging critique of the Air Force plans have gone unrefuted.


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And in other F-35 news, Canucks dumped the F-35: http://www.democraticunderground.com/11791847

[xchrom]

1. who'd a thunk it? nt

[midnight armadillo]

2. How would it "devastate" South Burlington?

Don't they already fly F16's out of there? I remember seeing them overhead when in that area a few years ago.

[unhappycamper]

3. F-16s are 'quite' compared to the F-35.

Google: noise comparison f-35 f-16


Vermonters are fighting to keep their homes, community and way of life.

[midnight armadillo]

4. 15 dB!

That's one quote of AF sources I found, depending on the version of F-16. Holy crap that's a big jump in noise, and it's not like F-16's are quiet.