Castle Air Museum- Airplanes and Jets from the past.

Описание: Castle Air Museum- located at a former Air Force Base in Atwater California.

Castle Air Force Base near Atwater California is a former base that closed in 1995 near the end of the cold war. The base was about 115 miles (185 km) south of Sacramento California.

Brigadier General Fredrick W. Castle was killed in action leading a bombing mission over Germany on Dec. 24, 1944. The air force base was named after General Castle. The airfield opened Sept. 20, 1941, as the Army Air Force Basic Flying School and was mainly created to train 30,000 pilots. Many pilots and crewmen got their basic flight training at this base.

In 1957 Warner Brothers studios came here to film the movie Bombers B-52 (released in the UK as “No Sleep till Dawn”). The film starred Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt and Efren Zimbalist Jr. The story line of the movie was about the introduction of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber. The majority of the movie was filmed at Castle Air Force Base with the full cooperation of the Untied States Air Force.

There are over 70 planes on display here and they are spread out over several acres of park land. It is amazing to see these old planes and jets as they are truly huge and at one time played major roles in conflicts.

The museum also has a VC-9 Air Force One jet that was used by George W. Bush and several other presidents.

The cost of entry is $20 for adults, $15 seniors, and children are $10. There is an extra $10 charge to go inside Air Force One.
The hours are 9am to 4pm daily

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