Our mission is to stop the harm that the basing of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field, Madison will inflict. In addition, we work to stop the negligent pollution of our waters and force the clean-up of existing contamination of the water supply emanating from the base.
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Upcoming Events
- The Quietest Year film premiere – available April 24-30The Quietest Year Trailer (click here) An Invitation from Quiet CommunitiesSave the Date • April 24 – 30 Join us starting on International Noise Awareness Day for the online U.S. premiere of The Quietest Year! This documentary film sounds the alarm about noise as a major public health problem. Set in…
The Madison chapter of World Beyond War is very active in efforts and movement-building to prevent nuclear war, including opposing the F-35 fighter jets. Please visit their website for a listing of upcoming events, including letter-writing, community outreach, debates and films: worldbeyondwar.org/madison
View live noise monitoring in East and North side Madison neighborhoods.
This is a volunteer project carried out with assistance from Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin and SASY Neighborhood Association. (Details)
LAST MAY
I watched two
barn swallows swoop
the field we had planted.
unlike the two
National Guard jet
fighters which had
roared us again
and again a hour
earlier, the swallows
were not armed with
four rockets each, and
did not anger me
because I knew
what nation they
guarded, and I sang
aloud to honor them
and their nation.
– Gogisgi-Carroll Arnett, French/Cherokee poet
Watch this 12-minute video to learn more about the damaging effects of F-35 fighter jet noise on children.
produced by Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin, April 2023
Colonel Rosanne Greco, USAF (Ret.) sat down for a Zoom meeting on April 15, 2023 to discuss the Burlington, Vermont-area efforts to prevent the F-35 jet from being based in that area.
Media links on arrival of the first F-35s
Why we’re opposed
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Air Force & Truax Information
Air Force Record of Decision
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Truax Construction Timeline
Take the F-16 Noise Survey (See results) …
We still have 2-sided yard signs left! Please contact yardsigns@safeskiescleanwaterwi.org
Please continue to contact public officials, write letters to the editor, call in to radio shows and share your views with others!
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- The Quietest Year film premiere – available April 24-30The Quietest Year Trailer (click here) An Invitation from Quiet CommunitiesSave the Date • April 24 – 30 Join us starting on International Noise Awareness Day for the online U.S. premiere of The Quietest Year! This documentary film sounds the alarm about noise as a major public health problem. Set in Vermont during the pandemic,…
- Dutch Court Moves to Block Export of Fighter Jet Parts to IsraelNew York Times, By Cassandra Vinograd, Feb. 12, 2024 Read the full article online A court in the Netherlands on Monday ordered the Dutch government to stop exporting parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel, a move that reflected mounting alarm over the heavy civilian toll of Israel’s war in Gaza but was unlikely to have…
- ‘My heart starts to palpitate’: First of three listening sessions on the F-35 planes flying out of Truax FieldChannel 27 WKOW TV, Grace Ulch, Feb 2, 2024 View article online (Emphasis ours) MADISON (WKOW) — Thursday night was the first chance for people who live in Madison to weigh in on the F-35 fighter jets that fly out of Truax Field. “We want to create that connection, find out how people want the…
- ‘No one’s here to listen’: Noise, pollution concerns only grown since F35s arrived, community says at listening sessionChannel 3000Arman Rahman, Feb 1, 2024 MADISON, Wis. — Since the F35 jets landed at Truax Field roughly a year ago, residents at the first of a series of listening sessions organized by the Squadron and Air Force said their fears about noise and environmental pollution have come true. The sessions are part of an…
- Capital Times – Madison needs more transparency on F-35s, residents sayCapital Times Madison needs more transparency on F-35s, residents say By Andrew Bahl February 2, 2024 The Wisconsin National Guard should be more transparent about its efforts to reduce noise from the F-35 fighter jets now taking off and landing in Madison, residents said Thursday night at a military-sponsored event designed to gather feedback on…
- Dane County airport needs new location, not new nameWisconsin State Journal Letter to the Editor Dane County airport needs new location, not new name The State Journal’s editorial last Sunday, “Airport needs a new name to fly higher,” suggested we call the Dane County Regional Airport “Madison International.” For many Madison residents, a new name would just be “lipstick on a pig.” At…
- Why are F-35 fighter jets flying over Madison, and why are they so loud?Jan 10, 2024 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Claire Reid Read the full story online Noisy and distracting. The source of valuable economic and job opportunities. An environmental threat. “The most advanced fighter weapons system that the Air Force has ever fielded.” All this and more has been used by citizens, politicians and experts to describe the…
- After Hamas attack, US rushed new F-35 capabilities, parts to IsraelAfter Hamas attack, US rushed new F-35 capabilities, parts to Israel: Officials A wide-ranging hearing on the F-35 revealed new details on the aircraft’s current operations, as well as its developmental struggles, including its beleaguered TR-3 upgrade. By MICHAEL MARROWon December 12, 2023 at 6:05 PM An Israeli F-35I takes off from Uvda airbase during…
- PFAS clean-up liability delays vote on airport deal between Dane County, National GuardDecember 22, 2023, Lucas Robinson | Wisconsin State Journal Read online at Madison.com The Dane County Board, county lawyers and the National Guard are at odds over a contract some supervisors and environmentalist groups fear will let the military get out of legal responsibility for its role in PFAS contamination of drinking water in the…
- Airport lease lets military off the hook for pollution, critics sayBy Andrew Bahl and Allison Garfield | The Capital Times, December 4, 2023 Read online Residents, environmental advocates and elected officials are worried an effort to formalize the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s presence at the Dane County Regional Airport could make it hard to hold the military legally responsible for pollution. The Dane County Board…
- Wisconsin Air National Guard Starts F-35 Fighter Jet Community Outreach ProgramBack in March, Senator Tammy Baldwin announced a $798,000 grant so the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WANG) can “conduct community outreach, noise mitigation planning, and prepare for the F-35s arrival at Truax Field.” Earlier this month, WANG quietly started this outreach program with a new web site: https://lab2.future-iq.com/madison-f35/ When Baldwin announced the grant, Safe Skies responded with…
- Capital Times – F-35 jets at Truax Field are so loud residents say they’re harmful Inbox – – – F35s/DISCUSSCapital Times F-35 jets at Truax Field are so loud residents say they’re harmful By Andrew Bahl Tom Berman considers his home to be pretty close to paradise, whether that means sipping a cup of coffee in the morning, splitting wood for his heater or sitting with his wife in the garden after work. That…