Opponents of basing F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport are claiming the Air Force “severely underestimated” the number of housing units in Winooksi that would be exposed to unhealthy noise levels generated by the planes.
Jim Dumont, a Bristol attorney representing foes of the BTV basing scenario, told the Air Force last week that it had made a “fundamental error” in its draft study of the environmental impact of stationing up to two dozen of the stealth fighters at BTV.
Due to its allegedly faulty calculation, the Air Force is obligated by law to publish a supplement to its impact study and to allow time for public comment on that revised draft, Dumont argues. The mistake made by the Air Force “invalidates” the current version of the study, he charges.
For its part, the Air Force says only that it has received the October 4 letter containing Dumont’s claims. “That letter is under review,” Air Combat Command spokeswoman Beverly Simas wrote in an e-mail message on Wednesday.
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These people don’t get it… the Air Force neither cares, nor needs anyone’s approval to station the planes here. Sen. Leahy’s endorsement alone is more important to them then everyone else and when you throw in Dubie’s and these people are throwing away good money on a lawyer that will get no where.
In other news Air Force denies BFP’s FOIA request on the subject. Why? Because they can.