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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- SAVE THE DATE: March 24-27 Catholic Worker Faith & Resistance Gathering – No F-35s!20th Catholic Worker Midwest Faith and Resistance Gathering March 24 – 27, 2023 We are inspired by the history of Plowshares activists’ work against militarism. And by Italian dock workers unions who in recent years are refusing to load weapons shipments for wars. Since last April, in Madison we have held…
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- SAVE THE DATE: March 24-27 Catholic Worker Faith & Resistance Gathering – No F-35s!20th Catholic Worker Midwest Faith and Resistance Gathering March 24 – 27, 2023 We are inspired by the history of Plowshares activists’ work against militarism. And by Italian dock workers unions who in recent years are refusing to load weapons shipments for wars. Since last April, in Madison we have held 23 war abolition walks…
- War Abolition Walk – Jan 21, 10:00 am in Madison24th MADISON WAR ABOLITION WALK 51st Week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Join us for any part of this walk. As of 1/9/23 the UNHCR reports 6,952 deaths and 11,144 injuries of Ukrainian civilians, and millions of refugees. As in any war, there is evidence of widespread atrocities, including gender atrocities, destruction of means…
- Across Canada, hundreds took action to reject Canada’s plans to buy 88 new bomber jetsThe weekend of action received widespread press coverage: Peace group plans protest against fighter jet purchase Protest held in Montreal against purchase of F-35 fighter jets Peace group plans protest against fighter jet purchase No Fighter Jets Coalition protests Canada’s planned F-35 purchase Government to announce F-35 deal Monday — Trudeau had said stealth fighter…
- County Airport Finalizes Noise Exposure MapIn anticipation of the F-35 fighter jets scheduled to arrive this year, the county airport has finished responding to public comments and finalized its Noise Exposure Map (NEM). This has been submitted to the FAA for approval. The next step is development of noise abatement measures for people living within the predicted 65-decibel noise contour….
- Safe Skies Clean Water Files Final Argument Against F-35sJANUARY 5, 2023 BY NATE WEGEHAUPT AND WORT NEWS DEPARTMENT Read or listen online WORT 89.9FM Madison · Safe Skies Clean Water Files Final Argument Against F-35s Anti-F-35 activists have filed their final legal documents to try and keep the jets out of Dane County before they touch down at Truax airfield later this year….
- Israel grounds flagship US fighter jetsRT, 25 Dec, 2022 Read full article The planes appear to have similar deficiencies to the one that crashed in Texas last week. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has decided to ground 11 of its F-35A fighter jets on Sunday, following an incident in Texas last week that saw a US Air Force F-35B Lightning…
- Opinion | Now Baldwin should focus on protecting children from F-35sBy Tom Boswell | guest column, Dec 27, 2022 Excerpt: It’s great to hear that Sen. Tammy Baldwin advanced gay rights by leading the charge to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. Now we need her to respect the rights of our children to health, safety and a good education. We need to persuade her…
- Hundreds of thousands more U.S. service members exposed to toxic forever chemicals than DOD acknowledges, report findsBy Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch | December 23, 2022 The Department of Defense (DOD) has underestimated how many U.S. service members were exposed to potentially unsafe levels of forever chemicals in the drinking water served on military installations, a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found. While the DOD put the number of exposed service members at…
- Safe Skies Submits Final Brief for the Lawsuit over the EIS for the F-35 Fighter JetsDecember 12, 2022 On March 10, 2021, Safe Skies with Kathleen Henry as our attorney filed suit in the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia against the Air Force, claiming their EIS for the F-35 fighter jets to be deployed to Truax Field in Madison was inadequate. We told the court the Air…
- F-35-B crash-lands in Fort Worth, TX – pilot ejected16 Dec 2022, Military.com | By Thomas Novelly An F-35B Lightning II crashed during a vertical landing at an air base in North Texas on Thursday, forcing the pilot to eject from the aircraft on the runway. The crash happened at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. Christopher Cook, the chief of police for the nearby White Settlement Police…
- 115th Fighter Wing gains firsthand F-35 knowledge during Lockheed Martin visitPUBLICATION DATE: December 21, 2022 Read online, with images WI NATIONAL GUARD RELEASE: 115th Fighter Wing gains firsthand F-35 knowledge during Lockheed Martin visit CONTACT: ng.wi.wiarng.mbx.wi-pao@army.mil To view html content with hi-res photos, copy and paste the following link in your browser: https://ng.wi.gov/news/22129 by Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis FORT WORTH, Texas — In 2017, the Wisconsin Air…
- MTI-Retired Board of Directors: No F-35s for Our ChildrenAs educators, we are deeply concerned about the negative impact that the F-35 fighter jets will have on students living on the north and east sides of Madison. In the Air Force’s Environmental Impact Statement, they actually acknowledged that basing the F-35s at Truax will have a “significant disproportionate impact on low-income and minority populations, as…