Information for Truax Field, WI

Latitude: 43-07-31 N, Longitude: 089-20-05 W

Call Sign(s): Whizbang, Mississippi


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
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DC-7 / CC-2 DC-7 / CC-2   30 AD; 20 AD; 37 AD Truax Field, WI AN/FSQ-7, AN/FSQ-8 AN/FSQ-7 circa 1958 31-Dec-67 Chicago Air-Defense Sector (ChADS). After SAGE DC deactivation, GATR site (R-26) was retained; located a few miles south-southeast of the airport on a hill (no longer extant).

Current Use: The SAGE buildings are presently owned and occupied by Covance Labs. Truax Field itself is now Dane County Regional Airport. The GATR site is now part of Hiestand Park.

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