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The 18th was the major Far East Air Force unit in the Philippines in the immediate postwar years, flying a mixture of fighter (P/F-47, P/F-51, F-80), and reconnaissance (RB-29, RB-17G) aircraft. The 18th Flew patrols and trained with P-80 Shooting Stars , with the distinction of being the first overseas fighter unit to be jet-equipped.
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.
Air surveillance radar: 1 mobile radar system delivered free under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 1 Project. [24] Mitsubishi Electric J/FPS-3ME Japan: Air surveillance radar: 3 fixed radar systems to be delivered under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 2 Project. [26] [27] [28] The first unit was fully delivered in October 2023. [29]
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fixed-wing Aircraft BN-2 Islander: United Kingdom: SAR: BN-2A 2 Cessna 208 Caravan: United States: SAR: 208EX 1 [14] 1 on order. [14] Helicopters MBB Bo 105: Germany: SAR: Bo 105C 1 1 of 2 grounded. [15] Airbus H145: Germany SAR: H145 2 [16] [17]
A-29B Super Tucano attack aircraft of the Philippine Air Force during its turn-over and blessing ceremony at Clark Airbase. 15th Strike Wing's AH-1S Cobra Attack Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) 15th Strike Wing, Danilo Atienza Air Base – It is responsible for providing combat air support to surface forces of the AFP. [38]
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Wing headquarters was at Mactan Air Base in Mactan Island in the Philippines and two squadrons were based at Clark until November 1968 when the wing and the two Mactan squadrons transferred to Clark. In PACAF, the wing initially provided airlift in Thailand then provided airplanes and crews to a 315th Air Division detachment at Tan Son Nhut Air ...
Clark Air Base, Philippines, 8 July 1963 – 1 July 1975; Clark Air Base, Philippines, 8 January 1981; Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan, 10 May 1965 – 31 May 1975; Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, 29 June 1991; Osan Air Base, South Korea, July 1992 – 31 August 2001; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, 31 July 2003 – present [1]