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Open cockpit day this Saturday at Castle Air Museum

Castle Air Museum in Atwater is hosting its Spring Open Cockpit Day on Saturday, May 23, 2026. See the newly restored B-52 Stratofortress, the historic war-fighter plane that made Castle Air Force ...
CNN

In 1952, DC’s skies were littered with US fighter jets chasing UFOs. More than 70 years later, the mystery persists

The night was warm and muggy over New Castle Air Force Base in Delaware, the kind of heat that clung to the metal skins of the alert fighter jets lined along the runway. Lt. William L. Patterson of ...
The Aviationist

Back Into The Cockpit: 70-Year Old Instructor Pilot Flies Again In The B-52 After 28 Years

The last time William “Bill” Pedeaux had flown in the B-52 was when he was on active-duty at now defunct Castle Air Force Base, California…almost three decades ago. Last week, William “Bill” Pedeaux, ...