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A Boeing B-29 Superfortress undergoing maintenance at Clark Field. Clark Field remained an Army Air Base until May 1949, when its facilities were transferred to the U.S. Air Force. Prior to this a build-up of aircraft, air wings and maintenance facilities were already being staged at Clark. On 14 August 1948, the 18th Fighter Wing was organized ...
Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base in Luzon, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Angeles City, and about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Metro Manila.Clark Air Base was previously a United States military facility, operated by the U.S. Air Force under the aegis of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and their predecessor organizations from 1903 to 1991.
Clark Air Base was originally established as Fort Stotsenburg in Sapang Bato, Angeles, Pampanga in 1903 under control of the U.S. Army. Officers' quarters and water system constructed 1910–1911 and a flying school was created in 1912.
Clark Field was the primary air base for the bombers expected to provide offensive airstrike capability under the Rainbow 5 war plan. Fighter aircraft expected to provide defensive cover could use Clark Field or satellite airfields including Nichols Field and Nielson Field to the southeast, Iba Airfield to the west, and Del Carmen Airfield to ...
The United States Cavalry established Fort Stotsenberg in 1902 and later converted a portion of it into an airfield, which was, in turn, renamed Clark Air Field in 1919—in honor of aviator Major Harold Melville Clark. Clark Air Field was used as a strategic overseas base by both the United States and Japan during World War II. [12]
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, (March 1945 – January 1946) Fort William McKinley, Luzon, Philippines, 30 May 1946; Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 15 August 1947; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 1 December 1948; Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan, August 1958 – 25 April 1979; Tainan Air Base, Taiwan, 27 January 1955 – 7 January 1976
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in the South West Pacific Theater Airfields of the United States Army Air Corps during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) This page was last edited on 25 April 2015, at 03:32 (UTC) .
The New Clark City is part of the Clark Special Economic Zone. The CFZ covers the area of the former United States Air Force facility, Clark Air Base. Most of this air base was converted to Clark International Airport and some remained under the control of the Philippine Air Force. Clark Global City is also part of the Clark Freeport Zone.