MADISON (WKOW) -- As the bid to land new fighter jets at Truax Field enters the home stretch, military officials toured that site and several others in Wisconsin to better inform their pending decision.
The Air Force announced in December 2016 that the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is one of five finalists to receive new F-35A jets as part of a new mission.
That list will soon be narrowed down to two "preferred" bases that will get the new planes.
The head of the Greater Madison Area Chamber of Commerce told 27 News Friday that Air Force officials were in Wisconsin recently and liked what they saw.
"The Air Force has been out to visit. They've done a full top-down tour. They've looked at the air space, they've looked at Volk Field, they've looked at Milwaukee...within the last month," said Zach Brandon, president of the Greater Madison Area Chamber of Commerce.