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Clark's rough start in the 19th century gave way to warm friendship between the Filipino and American military. An era ended in 1991 with the eruption of Mt Pinatubo. Publications Now in stock: The Corregidor Story, the 1968 edition of the Clark Air Base Handbook, and several Philippine Flyer issues! Also see NCO Club Newsletters.
The Bases Conversion Development Act of 1992 accelerated the conversion of Clark Air Base into a Special Economic Zone, and, in 2007, the Congress of the Philippines enacted Republic Act No. 9400, which renamed the base to Clark Freeport Philippines.
Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, 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. The base covered ...
Sep 17, 2022 · Enjoy this two-part visual trace along the route of thousands of evacuees from Clark Air Base and Subic Bay, Philippines, as they escaped the destructive for...
Clark Air Base was the largest overseas U.S. military base in the world, with 156,204 acres. While most of that was unoccupied fields and jungle, ...
The ashfalls forced the evacuation and eventual closing of U.S.-leased Clark Air Force Base, 10 miles (16 km) east of the volcano. Mount Pinatubo, Philippines Gas and ash rising from Mount Pinatubo, central Luzon, Philippines, just prior to eruption in June 1991.
Jun 15, 2011 · Aerial view of part of Clark Air Base showing buildings and vegetation damaged by tephra (ash) fall from the June 15 eruption of Pinatubo. The photo was taken on June 24, 1991.
