Noise levels from the fighter jets can register as high as 115 decibels on ground-level noise monitors.
Only a select few residents on Madison’s north side might have their homes insulated from the booming noise of F-35 fighter jets flying overhead.
The Pentagon on Aug. 11 invited Wisconsin to apply for just over $1.1 million in noise mitigation funding for eight homes near Truax Field Air National Guard Base, where F-35s take off and land. The award is for $17 million less — 154 fewer homes — than Wisconsin applied for during a first round of grant applications. The state’s first application was rejected in March…