Original Posted By: "Ken & Lisa"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: TruaxTruax Field Dane County Regional Airport 115th Fighter Wing Official HomepageDane County Regional Airport Truax Field is located at the Dane County Regional Airport, just on the northeast side of Madison, Wisconsin. Truax Field was activated as an Army AirBase in June of 1942. It was deactivated as an active military base in 1968, when it was taken over by the Wisconsin Air National Guard. It was named in honor of Lieutenant Thomas L. Truax, a Wisconsin native, who was killed in a P-40 training accident in November 1941. ________________________________________________________________________________