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Employees with Traut Companies install drill casing during a remedial investigation into the presence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 12, 2023. The investigation marks the second major step in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act process which will guide the mitigation of PFAS compounds on and around the Air National Guard installation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Isabella Jansen)

Jan. 31, 2024

Wisconsin Guard fighter wing installs permanent PFAS monitoring wells

The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing collecting environmental sampling data to help PFAS remediation effort

The water deluge fire protection system installed in an aircraft hangar of the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing as seen on Apr. 13, 2023 at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin. In March 2023, the 115th Fighter Wing became the first U.S. Air Force base worldwide to terminate all use of foam-based fire suppression systems in its facilities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Isabella Jansen)

April 19, 2023

Truax Field - 1st to eliminate facility-based foam

The 115th Fighter Wing became the first U.S. Air Force base worldwide to terminate all use of foam-based fire suppression systems in its facilities, surpassing the Air Force’s set date of October 2024.

Drillers with Plains Environmental Services, Inc. conduct hydraulic profiling and electrical conductivity testing using a Geoprobe mobile drilling rig during a remedial investigation into the presence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin, March 22, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)

April 27, 2022

Truax Field begins PFAS remedial investigation

MADISON, Wis. — This week the Air National Guard will conclude part one of the remedial investigation into the presence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances at Truax Field. The investigation marks the second major step in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act process. Under a contract with EA

Bill Myer, an environmental restoration program manager for the National Guard Bureau, provides the general public with an overview of the upcoming scheduled remedial investigation Jan. 11, 2022 at Madison College's Mitby Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Representatives from the 115th Fighter Wing and Dane County Regional Airport were also be available to address audience questions in regards to PFAS. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis)

Jan. 12, 2022

Open House provides PFAS remediation update at Truax Field

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing hosted an open house at Madison College’s Truax Campus Jan. 11 to address the current status of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances originating on and around Truax Field.

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