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.
Jerome's character is a nod to The Joker, the most famous adversary of Batman. That character was created by writer Bill Finger and artists Jerry Robinson and Bob Kane, first appearing in Batman #1 (1940) as Batman's very first nemesis.