Castle Air Force Base

The Castle AirFest & Family Fun Day on Saturday, Oct. 19, promises to be one of the top highlights of a busy month filled with local events for all ages. Going on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m at Castle Airport, the AirFest will feature exciting fly-bys and ground displays of rare and vintage aircraft, classic cars, a festival atmosphere with…

Merced County leaders are pursuing a 20-year lease agreement for about 6,500 feet of existing rail track and an acre of “associated property” at the southwest…

Castle Air Museum, located at 5050 Santa Fe Drive in Atwater, one of the largest aerospace museum displaying vintage aircraft in the Western U.…

Blaker Brewery celebrated the grand opening of its latest venture — The Tarmac — last Friday at 1930 Airdrome Entry in Atwater, right at the entrance of the former Castle Air Force Base. The opening was welcomed with a 2-day event that featured food trucks, live music, a BBQ-wing-eating contest, corn hole tourney, giant beer pong…

Retired U. S. Air Force Major General Clay Garrison, who was recently the Commander of the California Air National Guard, spoke about his illustrious career…

No one in Merced County is more familiar with B-52s than Peter “Scotty” Burns. And so this remarkable U.S. Air Force veteran felt right at home, playing…

Castle Air Museum, located at 5050 Santa Fe Drive in Atwater, hosted its Fall Open Cockpit Day on Monday, Sept. 2. One of the highlights for the guests was the opportunity to view 40 open military aircraft, which is more than half the collection. Visitors also had fun talking to the knowledgeable and friendly docents to learn interesting…

The 22nd annual West Coast Giant Scale Fun Fly — held this year at Castle Airport in Atwater last weekend — was a great event for model aircraft enthusiasts…

The Merced County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took preliminary steps toward bringing to life two economic development projects at the former Castle Air…