Castle Air Force Base. For the civil use of this facility and airport information, see Castle Airport. Merced Army Airfield, November 1942. Castle Air Force Base (1941â1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base located northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced and about 115 miles (185 km) south of Sacramento, California. The base, located in unincorporated Merced County, was closed after the end of the Cold War in 1995.
Jerome H. Powell. Jerome H. Jay Powell (born February 1953) is a governor of the Federal Reserve. He took office on May 25, 2012, to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term ending January 31, 2028.
Ashton Baldwin Ash Carter is an American physicist and former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama, and confirmed in February 2015 by the Senate by a vote of 93â5, to replace Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Carter received a B.A. in his double-major of Physics and Medieval History from Yale University, summa cum laude ...