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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 ...
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) .
Iba Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942), it was struck in an air raid at same time as the attack on Clark Field on 8 December 1941.
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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