SOUTH BURLINGTON – After hearing hundreds of complaints from Burlington area residents over the F-35s being stationed at the Air Guard Base, Air Force Chief of Staff General Moch Toomey announced a solution yesterday. The Air Force has reclassified the F-35 as the F-36 Fighter Interceptor. General Toomey says this should end complaints about the F-35s from those living near the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Air Force F-35 Command Pilot Col. Sund Barrier (Ret.) suggested the change in his capacity as spokesman for Lockheed Martin the F-35 manufacturer. \u201cThis was a \u2018Progressive’ move on the part of the Defense Department,\u201d Barrier stated. “We’re not getting a single complaint about F-35s anymore. We don’t even fly F-35s anymore.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When word of the change reached Vermont via The Winooski\u2019<\/em>s exclusive report, opposition surfaced immediately. Winooski resident Dezi Belle called the Air Force move a “tactical diversion designed to intimidate and control the population that is intolerant to noise.\u201d Belle made the statement in front of a crowd of twenty supporters using a bull horn at Essex Five Corners. The crowd was quickly dispersed and told to practice social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Belle’s bull horn was confiscated by police and she was cited into court for violation of noise ordinances. The entire scene was caught on camera by a newly designated F-36 passing overhead on final approach to the airport. Over on the nearly empty Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, City Councilor Cobb L. Stone stated, \u201cThose F-36s are so much quieter. Doesn’t the city seem a lot quieter lately?\u201d That view was concurred with by Colchester Representative Buzz Milton, who said, \u201cThat should end this issue.\u201d It should be noted that Milton lost 60% of his hearing due to excessive bullhorn usage at a protest earlier that day near Five Corners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"