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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, officially known as the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone (CFEZ) and Clark Development Corporation (CDC), [4] refers to an area in Central Luzon, Philippines. The CFEZ in Pampanga covers portions of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat and portions of the town of Porac while parts of the area in Tarlac include portions of the towns ...
Clark International Airport (IATA: CRK, ICAO: RPLC)—known as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport from 2003 to 2014—is an international airport covering portions of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat within the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone in the province of Pampanga, Philippines.
Clark Field Air Base, Pampanga; Fort Stotsenberg, Pampanga; Mariveles Military Reservation, POL Terminal and Training Area, Bataan; Camp John Hay Leave and Recreation Center, Baguio; An Army Communication System with the deletion of all stations in the Port of Manila Area. United States Armed Forces Cemetery No. 2, San Francisco del Monte ...
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 ...
Boeing B-17D Fortress 40-3095 formerly of 11th Bomb Group, 61st Bomb Squadron after being captured at Clark Field, Philippines and being repaired by Japanese. Eventual fate of this aircraft is unknown. During the period of Japanese occupation, Clark was known as Mabalacat Airfield, and several auxiliary airfields constructed and used.
Metro Clark is named after the Clark Air Base, a military airbase that has been converted into a freeport zone and a commercial airport serving North and Central Luzon.. In the past, several names have been used to label the urban area of Pampanga centered on its capital San Fernando and adjacent towns to the airbase, namely, Angeles and Mabalacat.
During the unit's 13th Foundation Anniversary on 2 July 2004 the wing conducted Military Civic Action Activities which included administering anti-polio vaccines to 65 children in Brgy. Calumpang, Mabalacat, Pampanga and medical and dental civic action program (MEDCAP) for the 1,628 residents of