Another Crash of An F-18
TF Note: F-18s from Lemoore NAS have been participants in Operation Snowbird (OSB) training at D-M. An F-18 from Lemoore crashed on Wednesday killing two. It was an F-18 from Miramar MCAS, another OSB participant, that crashed into a house in San Diego in December of 2008 killing four on the ground. Many Tucson residents contend that the aircraft brought in under the OSB program are louder and less safe that the mission A-10s and C-130s. No Environmental Impact Analysis was done of the much changed Operation Snowbird program which leads some to believe that the OSB program is operating in violation of NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act).
[Read more →]IS TUCSON A MILITARY TOWN OR A SCIENCE CITY?
“Science City” – that’s how Tucson should be known and branded, says UA Dean of Science Joaquin Ruiz.
[Read more →]Warplanes on display above city this week
“Does Davis-Monthan really want to be a good neighbor to the Tucson community?” asks the website of Tucson Forward, a grass-roots group. The question was asked in an online entry critical of such air-show practice runs.
[Read more →]More Planes!
Calling the expansion of the program “unsupervised,” Gomez thinks Operation Snowbird is perhaps being conducted outside of federal environmental laws.
“We’ve raised that issue (with the Air Force),” he says.
[Read more →]AZ bioscience industry added jobs
Just a reminder of our mission. It isn’t all about “NO F-35s”. Read our mission statement.
We are a grassroots group that aims to protect Tucson and its neighborhoods from health damaging noise and safety concerns related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. We aim to foster economic, scientific and technological development of Tucson in a way that supports and promotes a good quality of life for all its citizens. See article from the 2/3/11 Arizona Daily Star.
McKeon Submits Local Defense Priorities to House Armed Services and House Appropriations Committees
http://www.mckeon.house.gov/singlepage.aspx?NewsID=1471
U.S. Air Force B-2 Stealth Bomber Advanced Tactical Data Link – $14.6M
The Advanced Tactical Data Link (ATDL) on the B-2 would profoundly alter how these stealth aircraft like the B-2, F-35, and F-22 communicate with each other in a high threat environment by…
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