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reporter: the plane she s talking about is the f-35 fighter. from its stealthy design to the many lines of computer code that acts as artificial intelligence, it s being hailed as the future of combat aviation. hey hey ho ho, the f-35 has got to go. but the residents of this town see it as a real danger. the burtle airpor burlington aia suitable airport for the f-35. it is a commercial airport not a military base. reporter: rose ann greco is fighting to keep the f-35 out of her local airport at burlington, vermont. burlington is home to the vermont air national gad. it s scheduled to receive 18 f-35s by the year 2020. it will be the first air national guard unit in america to get the plane. replacing a unit of aging f-16s. the burlington airport has homes built right up to its perimeter. there are towns on both ends of its runway. williston to the north and willusky to the south. a working class town. i ve been in the backyards and it s astounding how low the ....
become an even bigger target in the political fight. because the home base of many of the very controversial f-35 fighter jets is vermont which you may recall coincidentally also the home of one of the key candidates, the democratic senator bernie sanders. almost since its inception the supertetsuperstealth dwri fightt y fighter hasn t been off the radar. sheila macvicar has the story. never has the military put a fighter at a commercial airport. they go to remote bases, they do that purposely because any aircraft crash more. reporter: the plane she s talking about is the f-35 fighter. from its stealthy design to the many lines of computer code that acts as artificial intelligence, it s being hailed as the future of combat aviation. hey hey ho ho, the f-35 has got to go. but the residents of this town see it as a real danger. the burtle airpor burlington aia suitable airport for the f-35. it is a commercial airport not a military base. reporter: rose ann greco ....
thanks for joining us on america tonight. i m joie chen. our nation s big defense budget is bound to come up in the course of any presidential contest. but this election year, the most expensive weapon system ever in the pentagon s arsenal could become an even bigger target in the political fight. because the home base of many of the very controversial f-35 fighter jets is vermont which you may recall coincidentally also the home of one of the key candidates, the democratic senator bernie sanders. almost since its inception the supertetsuperstealth dwri fightt y fighter hasn t been off the radar. sheila macvicar has the story. never has the military put a fighter at a commercial airport. they go to remote bases, they do that purposely because any aircraft crash more. reporter: the plane she s talking about is the f-35 fighter. from its stealthy design to the many lines of computer code that acts as artificial intelligence, it s being hailed as the future of c ....
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