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Merced Army Airfield, November 1942. Castle Air Force Base (Castle AFB, 1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California, northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced, and about 115 miles (185 km) south of Sacramento.
The airport was formerly designated as Castle Air Force Base (1941–1995), a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base which was closed after the end of the Cold War in 1995. The Federal Aviation Administration's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a general aviation airport, serving a ...
In 1991, when the military announced the closure of California's Castle Air Force Base, the future looked grim for nearby Merced County. A sprawling Strategic Air Command Base, Castle was the ...
The Fourth Air Force took command of the Merced Army Air Field on 1 July 1945. On 17 January 1946 the Merced Army Air Field was renamed Castle Field, after Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle, who on 24 December 1944, continued flying his B-17 Flying Fortress so his crew could bail out, he was killed when the aircraft exploded.
The United States Penitentiary, Atwater (USP Atwater) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Merced County, California. [1] The institution also includes a minimum-security satellite camp. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
The Air Force and Navy both rank among the nation's top 100 polluters, and many former bases have become Superfund sites. Even among those that aren't placed on the national cleanup priority list ...
The Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) plans to close 20 military bases across the country by Sept. 15, 2011. Once a military facility closes, the ripple effect ...
The announcement that Castle Air Force Base might close in 1991 brought the risk of the aircraft being moved to another museum. [13] However, after a study, an agreement was reached with the Air Force that the museum would remain open as a private entity. [14]