IBhunga leSixeko saseBurlington Iimvo zokucela Ukutshintshwa kwe-F-35

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Uqhagamshelwano: uMkhosi woMoya uCol. Rosanne Greco (ohleli phantsi) 802 497-0711
URachel Siegel, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weZiko loXolo kunye noBulungisa 802 777-2627
UJames Marc Leas 802 864-1575

IBhunga leSixeko saseBurlington Iimvo zokucela Ukutshintshwa kwe-F-35

Uvoto lweBhunga luza emva kokuba abaNyuli besiXeko bevotelwe ukurhoxisa i-F-35

IBhunga lesiXeko saseBurlington ivotele i-9-3 ukuba icele ukutshintshwa kwe-F-35 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBurlington ngezixhobo ezikumgangatho ophantsi wengxolo kunye nerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo yokhuseleko oluphezulu. isisombululo sincanyathiselwe).

"Isigqibo esibalaseleyo kunye nenyathelo eliphambili ekukhuseleni amawaka eentsapho kwiziphumo ezibi kakhulu ze-F-35," utshilo uJames Marc Leas, igqwetha lelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza oye wancedisa ekuqokeleleni imisayino ukuze afumane into ekwivoti yentlanganiso yedolophu.

Ivoti yarhoxisa ivoti yebhunga lesixeko ka-2013. Kuza kwiiveki ezintathu emva kokuba abavoti besixeko bevumile inyathelo labemi lokucela ukucinywa kwe-F-35 ecwangcisiweyo esekelwe kuSuku lweNtlanganiso yeDolophu yaseVermont nge-6 kaMatshi (encanyathiselwe).

Kwintlanganiso yedolophu ivoti yabangama-6482 (55.3%) yavumelana nama-5238 (44.7%) abachasayo. Umba wesi-6 ufumene isininzi kwiiwadi ezintandathu kwezisibhozo zesixeko.

Isikhululo seenqwelomoya ngoku sibamba iijethi ezili-18 ze-F-16 ezibhabha nguMkhuseli weSizwe woMoya waseVermont. Umlindi ulungiselela ukufika kweejethi ze-18 F-35 ekwindla ka-2019 xa i-F-16 iya kuhlala phantsi.


Isigqibo esamkelweyo sithi:

NGOKU, KE, YIBA KUSOMBULULO ukuba iBhunga lesiXeko saseBurlington lilixabisile igalelo le-Air National Guard kuluntu lwethu kwaye ngentlonipho licela uNobhala oBekekileyo woMkhosi woMoya wase-United States, uHeather Wilson, buyisela isiseko esicwangcisiweyo se-F-35 ngesiseko senqwelomoya ekumgangatho ophantsi onerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo yokhuseleko oluphezulu, engqinelana nombuzo wokuvota okhankanywe ngaphambili;

ICongressal Delegation: Njengoko kuxeliwe kwiBurlington Free Press, "Ii-Senators uBernie Sanders kunye noPatrick Leahy kunye no-Rep. Peter Welch bakhuphe ingxelo edibeneyo ngoMvulo besithi ukuba ibhunga liphumeza isigqibo, 'balindele ukuba uMkhosi woMoya uphendule kwaye uphendule nayiphi na imibuzo ebuzwa yiBhunga.' Amalungu eSenethi kunye ne-congressman baxhasa ukuzisa inqwelomoya ye- [F-35] eVermont ngelixa uMkhosi woMoya wawusenza izigqibo ezisisiseko kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, aba bathathu batsho, ukuqinisekisa uthumo lwexesha elide loMlindi weSizwe woMoya waseVermont.

“Phakathi kwamawaka amaxwebhu adizwe nguMkhosi woMoya kwityala lenkundla yomanyano kwakukho abonisa uxinzelelo kuMkhosi woMoya owasetyenziswa nguSenator uLeahy. Olo xinzelelo lwaba nefuthe kwisigqibo sokuqala soMkhosi woMoya wokuseka iijethi ze-F-35 eBurlington ngo-2013,” utshilo uCol. Rosanne Greco (ret). “Siza kucela uSenator ukuba ahloniphe ivoti yabavoti kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo kunye nevoti yaphezolo yeBhunga lesiXeko saseBurlington. Siza kuphinda simcele ukuba ajoyine abavoti kunye nebhunga ekukhuthazeni uNobhala woMkhosi woMoya ukuba abonelele ngezixhobo eziphantsi kwengxolo kunye nerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo yokhuseleko oluphezulu kwi-Vermont Air National Guard, "kusho uNksz Greco.

Izinga lezandi: I-US Air Force Final Impact Statement (EIS) ithi umntu osemhlabeni uya kubethwa nge-115 dB xa i-F-35 i-1000 ezinyaweni phezulu xa isuka kunye ne-afterburner yayo (iqhotyoshelwe). Ingxelo ye-Air Force ibonisa ukuba eli nqanaba lesandi lingaphezulu kwamaxesha e-4 ngaphezu kwe-F-16. Iimephu ze-contour yengxolo kwingxelo yoMkhosi woMoya ikwabonisa ukuba umgangatho wesandi se-F-35 esebenza kumandla omkhosi oqhelekileyo uphantse uphakame njengomgangatho wesandi se-F-16 esebenza nge-afterburner. 115 dB nguye inqanaba lesandi elingentla apho nokuba sesichengeni esifutshane sidala umonakalo ongalungisekiyo wokuva.

Umbindi weSixeko saseWinooski ukwimayile enye ukusuka ekupheleni komgaqo weenqwelo-moya. Umkhosi woMoya awulichazi inqanaba lesandi elilindelekileyo le-F-35 xa ifika eWinooski ngokukhawuleza emva kokumka. Nangona kunjalo, iimephu zengxolo kwi-Air Force EIS zibonisa ukuba i-F-35 isekelwe iya kubeka amawaka ezindlu zayo ezifikelelekayo kwindawo apho uMkhosi woMoya kunye noLawulo lwezoPhapho lwezoBurhulumenteni bacinga ukuba "ayifanelekanga ukusetyenziswa kwindawo yokuhlala."

Ingxelo yoMkhosi woMoya kunye noluhlu olukhulu lweWinooski lubonisa ukuba ngaphezu kwe-3/4 yeeyunithi zezindlu eWinooski "zingafanelekanga ukusetyenziswa kwendawo yokuhlala" kwindawo yengxolo yengxolo ye-F-35.

IBhodi yezeMpilo kaBurlington yachitha iinyanga ezininzi ngo-2013 ubungqina bendlebe kunye nokuphonononga idatha yophando malunga nemiba yezempilo ebangelwa ingxolo yejethi yokulwa. IBhodi emva koko yamkele isigqibo: "Ibhodi yezeMpilo yaseBurlington igqibe kwelokuba ingxolo iye yanxulunyaniswa nezi ziphumo zempilo zilandelayo: ukungeva kakuhle, ukuxinezeleka, ukuphazamiseka kokulala, ukuhlaselwa yintliziyo, uxinzelelo lwegazi kunye ne-stroke, kunye nokulibaziseka ukufunda nokuqonda ngomlomo."

IWorld Health Organization (WHO) yafumanisa ukuba ingxolo yenqwelo-moya ekumgangatho we-F-35 kuloo makhaya angama-2963 ibangela ukuba isiqingatha sabantwana sibandezeleke. ukufunda okulibazisekayo kunye nokuthotywa kogxininiso, inkumbulo kunye nengqalelo.

Amakhaya afikelelekayo anqongophele eChittenden County. Amakhaya adiliziweyo kunye namawakawaka amakhaya afikelelekayo kwiindawo ezinobungozi bengxolo athintela uphuhliso lweshishini kunye nokukhula kwemisebenzi kwidolophu.

Izinga lokutshayisa: Ingxelo yoMkhosi woMoya wase-US ibonelela ngedatha ebonisa ukuba izinga lokuwa liza kunyuka ngokukhawuleza xa i-F-35 iza kuthatha indawo ye-F-16 ngo-2019.

Iziphumo Zokungqubana: Ngelixa umzimba we-F-16 wenziwe nge-aluminiyam, umzimba we-F-35 ubandakanya i-12,000 leeponti zezixhobo ezinokutsha zekhabhoni yomkhosi kunye netyabeka ebambekayo enokutsha. Kwingozi, xa umzimba we-F-35 kunye ne-stealth coating itshisa kwi-inferno yamawaka eegalani zamafutha e-jet ngexesha langaphambi kokuba abacimi bomlilo bafike, ingxelo yeCandelo leSikhali se-Naval Air Warfare Centre ithi ityhefu kakhulu, i-mutagenic, kunye neekhemikhali ze-carcinogenic, amasuntswana, kunye nemicu iyakhululwa.

Ingxelo ekhutshwe ngu i-Air Force Institute for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, ithi, ngokungafaniyo ne-F-16, i-F-35 ifanele ifakwe "kuluhlu olunomngcipheko ophezulu ngenxa yepesenti ephezulu okanye ubuninzi bezinto ezidibeneyo." Ingakumbi umngcipheko ophezulu ukuba i-F-35 isekelwe kwindawo enabantu abaninzi.

Ngenxa yemiphumo eyintlekele yengozi ye-F-35, ingxelo yoMkhosi woMoya icebisa “ukulindela nokuthintela” isiganeko esinjalo. NgesiNgesi esicacileyo: Thintela ukuseka i-F-35 kufutshane namawaka eentsapho.

Umsebenzi woMlindi woMoya: Ingxolo enkulu yengxolo, izinga eliphezulu lokuntlitheka, kunye neziphumo zontlitheko oluphezulu Vermont Air National Guard Mission "ukukhusela abemi baseVermont."

"I-F-35 itshisa ioli eninzi yemfazwe ngelixa ikhuthaza imfazwe yeoli,” utshilo uRachel Siegel, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weZiko loXolo noBulungisa eVermont. U-Lockheed Martin uthi i-F-35A yenzelwe ukuhlaselwa komhlaba kunye nokufunyanwa kwexesha elide lokusongela emoyeni ukuya emoyeni. U-Siegel waphawula ukuba kunye ne-stealth coating sisixhobo sokuqala sokubetha. Yi "Iza kuba nebhombu yenyukliya iB61. Ukusetyenziswa kwayo kwe-1100 galoni ngeyure ye-jet fuel kunegalelo ekufudumeni kwehlabathi. Ayinakukwazi ukukhusela iVermont ekutshintsheni kwemozulu okanye kwizivunguvungu ezinkulu ezifana neNkanyamba i-Irene eyabetha iVermont kabuhlungu ngo-2011. Kananjalo ayikwazi ukukhusela iVermont kwi-cyber-attack, imijukujelwa yenyukliya, ubugrogrisi, ukungakhuseleki kokutya, okanye ukungalingani kwengeniso. Ayinakuqhubela phambili nobomi babafundi, abafazi, i-LGBTQ, abantu bemibala, abaphambukeli, iimbacu, okanye amagqala. Inkqubo ye-F-35 ikhupha i-1.4 yezigidi zezigidi zeedola kukhathalelo lwempilo, imfundo, izindlu ezifikelelekayo, kunye neziseko zoncedo. Ayithathi kwiklasi yebhiliyoni. Okanye ishishini lamafutha efosili. Ayikhuphi mali kwezopolitiko. Aluphelisi ubuhlanga obugqubayo. Okanye uphelise izifundo kunye namatyala omfundi. Yondla i-complex yezempi-yemizi-mveliso. I-F-35 ikhuthaza imfazwe. Ingxolo yayo egqithisileyo kunye nemingcipheko ephezulu yengozi ibeka emngciphekweni abantwana bethu nabantu abadala. Isiseko seF-35 siphikisana norhulumente osisebenzelayo sonke nophendulayo ebantwini.”

Izixhobo zokutshintsha ziyafumaneka kwi-Air Guard: Kwingxelo kwiNkundla yeSithili ye-Federal e-Rutland ngo-Matshi 7, i-2016 i-Air Force yathi, "Ukuba i-F-35A yayingakhethwanga ukuba ithathe indawo ye-F-16s, ngekukho naliphi na inani. kwezinye iindlela ezifanelekileyo ezifumanekayo kuMkhosi woMoya malunga nendlela yokumisela iBurlington. ”

Kwisigqibo sakhe kweli tyala, iJaji yeNkundla yeSithili yeSithili uGeoffrey Crawford wabhala, “akukho bungqina becebo lokuvala isiseko okanye ukusetyenziselwa ezinye iinjongo ngaphandle kwenqwelo-moya ebhabhayo.”

Kwinkomfa yakhe yeendaba ngolwesiHlanu ngoFebruwari 9, nangona ebuyele umva kancinci, uMthetheli woMlindi weSizwe waseVermont uSteven Cray wazisa uMlindi weSizwe waseVermont ukuba alungelelanise noMkhosi woMoya wase-US. Wacutha isikhundla esiqhelekileyo soMlindi ngale ndlela: “Awukho omnye umsebenzi kucetywayo kwi-VT Air National Guard. "

Ngaloo ndlela, uGeneral Cray wamkela isikhundla soMkhosi woMoya ukuba ezinye iimishini ziyafumaneka kwi-Vermont Air Guard ukuba i-F-35 ayizi eVermont, kwaye le mishini inokucwangciswa.

"Eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuxhasa amadoda nabafazi kwi-Vermont Air Guard kunye nomsebenzi wayo 'ukukhusela abemi baseVermont' kukuba uMkhosi woMoya urhoxise isiseko se-F-35 kwaye unike izixhobo zoMlindi woMoya waseVermont ezingabenzakalisanga abemi. ,” watsho uMnu. Leas.

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