Tucson Forward and the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest Submit a Comment on the F-35 Draft EIS for Air Guard Station Tucson
Please see attached letter commenting on the Draft EIS for the Beddown of the F-35 at Tucson International Airport.
[Read more →]Reactions to “Noise vs. Jobs”
“• Operation Snowbird… Is the Air Force renting our city to foreigners so they don’t need to have the pollution and noise of these jets over their cities. Jets of this type burn about 2,000 pounds of fuel per hour. We breathe that exhaust so the Dutch, etc., don’t have to. The Air Force gets the money; we get the noise, risk (they are practicing, after all) and dirt.”
[Read more →]How Good a Neighbor Will the Air Force Be?
If harm is done to the Tucson community by the F-35 or Operation Snowbird, will the Air Force stand up and be responsible? They have contaminated the ground and the water near Tucson International Airport (TIA) creating one of the largest Superfund sites in the country.
The story of how an Air Force contractor dumped solvents into the ground near Air Force Plant 44 follows. How it will be handled by the Air Force is yet to be determined.
[Read more →]Government Waste or is $218,371 Just Small Potatoes?
By a Tucson Forward Member
After years of letter-writing to Washington and thousands of citizen signatures asking for an independent study of the ANG Operation Snowbird program at Davis-Monthan, on May 7, 2009 the Air Force Washington office of Legislative Liaison wrote a letter stating: …
[Read more →]The F-35: A Weapon That Costs More Than Australia
Washington intends to buy 2,443 (F-35s), at a price tag of $382 billion.
Add in the $650 billion that the Government Accountability Office estimates is needed to operate and maintain the aircraft, and the total cost reaches a staggering $1 trillion.
In other words, we’re spending more on this plane than Australia’s entire GDP ($924 billion).
[Read more →]How the F-35 Comes in the Back Door at D-M
It is imperative that you read “A Citizen’s Guide to NEPA” to be familiar with the process and to know your rights before the Operation Snowbird EA scoping meetings in March. It is clearly written and easy reading.
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