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Howard Air Force Base (IATA: BLB, ICAO: MPHO) is a former United States Air Force base located in Panama.It discontinued military operations on 1 November 1999 as a result of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which specified that US military facilities in the former Panama Canal Zone be closed and the facilities be turned over to the Panamanian government.
It created the Panama Canal Zone as a U.S. governed region, and allowed the U.S. to build the Panama Canal. In 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty (also called Torrijos–Carter Treaties) was signed by Commander of Panama's National Guard, General Omar Torrijos and U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Over time, it would replace and absolve the 1903 treaty.
The U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard participated in the US invasion of Panama (1989–1990, Operation Just Cause). [1] Forces that participated include: U.S. soldiers holding a U.S. flag at La Comandancia. United States Southern Command [2] [3] United States Army South (USARSO) XVIII Airborne Corps – Joint Task Force South
Air Forces Panama is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) headquarters. It was assigned to Tactical Air Command, most recently to Twelfth Air Force. Its headquarters were located at Albrook Air Force Station and Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone (later Panama). The organization was inactivated on 11 February 1992.
Fort Kobbe was an Army fort renamed from Fort Bruja on 15 April 1932 to honor Major General William A. Kobbe.At the time it was located adjacent to Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone.
Anton Army Airfield, Panama, 1943 Arecibo Field, Puerto Rico, 1941–1943 Atkinson Air Force Base, British Guiana APO 602, Antilles Air Command, 1941–1948 Batista Army Airfield, Cuba, 1942–1943 APO 632, Caribbean Base Command, Transferred to Air Transport Command, June 1943 Beane Air Force Base, Saint Lucia, 1941–1949
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Panamá Pacífico International Airport (IATA: BLB, ICAO: MPPA) is a commercial airport in Panama. It is located on the site of the former Howard Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base that was within the Panama Canal Zone. [4] Panama City can be reached by crossing the nearby Bridge of the Americas.