Secretary’s statements a shift in Air Force’s F-35 stance

A Vermont Air National Guard pilot returns to the Burlington airport in an F-16 after an overseas mission. This type of fighter jet is scheduled to be replaced by the F-35 beginning in fall 2019. File photo by Morgan True / VTDigger.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has told federal and local leaders that the Vermont Air National Guard has essentially one viable flying mission — the F-35 fighter jet.
Wilson told Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in an interviewlast month at a Senate Appropriati