Castle Air Museum

Castle Air Museum
Castle Air Museum is located in California
Castle Air Museum
Location within California
Castle Air Museum is located in the United States
Castle Air Museum
Castle Air Museum (the United States)
Established20 June 1981
Location5050 Santa Fe Drive
Atwater, California 95301
Coordinates37°21′53″N 120°34′41″W / 37.36475°N 120.577944°W / 37.36475; -120.577944
TypeMilitary aviation museum
Founder
  • Cliff James[1]
  • Gen. James P. McCarthy[2]
Websitewww.castleairmuseum.org

Castle Air Museum is a military aviation museum located in Atwater, California, United States adjacent to Castle Airport, a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base which was closed in 1995, after the end of the Cold War. It is one of the largest aerospace museums displaying vintage aircraft in the western United States.

  1. ^ Miller, Brittany (29 June 2023). "Air Museum unveils Cliff James Memorial". Merced County Times. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ Yawger, Doane (26 November 2011). "Man instrumental in Castle's success has a homecoming". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved 6 May 2020.