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Castle Air Museum has amassed the entire collection of U.S. Air Force jet fighters from America’s first operational jet fighter the Lockheed P-80 to the amazing General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Korean War to Desert Storm.
Castle Air Museum is located at 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater, California, 95301, in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, adjacent to Castle Airport. Drive time is approximately one hour from Fresno, two hours from Sacramento, and three hours from San Francisco.
It is one of the finest avaition museums in Northern California. They have a lot of planes not only US types and also European countries as well Russian Mig 21 and a Mig 17 coming. There is the SR-71 and the former Air Force One (a modified DC-9 for short haul) and newly retired MC-130 Combat Talon.
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.
16 cze 2024 · This museum is home to a number of rare aircraft, such as the SR-71A, B-18, WB-50D, RB-36H, and the Royal Air Force's Avro Vulcan B.2. The aircraft on display here cover a wide range of aviation history, from the 1930s to the present.
This is a must see for military aircraft enthusiasts. An example of virtually every Army Air Corps/Air Force bomber that ever served is on display, including one of only 4 surviving B-36. A large number of other Air Force and Navy military aircraft are also there. The museum building also has some very good exhibits.
5050 Santa Fe Drive. Atwater, California 95301. Office: (209) 723-2178. Restoration Hangar: (209) 723-1180. Castle Air Museum represents history in a way the whole family can share with our awe-inspiring majestic warbirds.
