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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 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]
May 2007 photo of the Boeing RB-52B-5-BO Stratofortress 52–005 with tail colour for the Yellowtails Squadron – 330th BS/93rd BW. Initially retired to Davis-Monthan AFB in February 1966, was used as a maintenance trainer at Lowry Technical Training Center until April 1982.
On 16 February, after an inflight fire on the right wing, a B-52B (tail number 53-0384) from the 93rd Bombardment Wing (Heavy) out of Castle Air Force Base (AFB), Merced County, California, crashed on a functional flight test near Tracy, California.
B-52B-5BO 52-005 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum B-52B-10BO 52-008 at Edwards Air Force Base Museum, Edwards AFB, California 55-0068 at the USAF History & Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas 55-0083 at the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado 56-612 at the former Castle AFB, California B-52D s/n 56-0657 Ellsworth AFB 55-0085 at the Museum of Aviation B-52G at ...
AF Ser. No. 51-13730 is at Castle Air Museum at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California. Previously displayed at the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois from 1957 to 1991. [57] B-36J B-36J 52-2217 at the Strategic Air and Space Museum. B-36J 52-2220 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
On Sept. 8, 2005, the Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) gave President George W. Bush a list of 20 major military installations that it had determined were no ...
AF Ser. No. 49-0351 Flight of the Phoenix – Castle Air Museum at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California. This was the last B-50 to be flown, being delivered to MASDC at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, on 6 October 1965. It was put on display at the Castle Air Museum in 1980. [44] KB-50J