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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.
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 ...
On 12 December, about 100 Japanese aircraft again hit Clark. The airfield is severely damaged, and plans were made to evacuate the facility. On the 19th, the air echelon of the 93d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy) were transferred from Clark to Batchelor Field near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia with B-17's ...
After the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991, the US decided to abandon nearby Clark Air Base, which had been heavily damaged by ash emissions and lahar flows. [21] An emergency evacuation of all non-essential military and U.S. Department of Defense civilian personnel and their dependents from Clark Air Base and U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay ...
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 505th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Thirteenth Air Force, stationed at Clark Field, Philippines, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1946.
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 ...
Clark Field (later Clark Air Force Base), Luzon, Philippines, 16 September 1947; Deployed to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 1–7 March 1949. Johnson Air Base, Japan, 24 July 1950; Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 30 July 1950; Pusan East Air Base, South Korea, 8 September 1950; Pyongyang East Air Base, North Korea, 21 November 1950