Everything old is new again, reopening the airfields of Tinian.

[Graham1973]

Things in the Pacific seem to be moving closer to a Sino-US war.

View: https://youtu.be/Bck_CHmtWPI?si=lO_Glm0Ud3HFUCt7

View: https://youtu.be/CW1TYDVBSmI?si=7Cixue4hcIjrBSmU

 

[Graham1973]

A pair of online articles from 'Stars and Stripes' one from 2023 and the other from 2024 on this project.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/ai...rfield-reclaimed-wwii-air-force-12473942.html

https://www.stripes.com/branches/ai...rfield-upgrades-atomic-bombings-13596068.html

 

[publiusr]

How does Clarke look now, after Pinatubo?

 

[BlackBat242]

How does Clarke look now, after Pinatubo?

In November 1991, the United States Air Force lowered the U.S. flag and transferred Clark Air Base to the Philippine government. With the United States military's withdrawal from Clark, the base was systematically looted by the local population and was left abandoned for several years. It finally became the Clark Freeport Zone, the site of Clark International Airport (CIA) and parts of it are still owned and operated by the Philippine Air Force, retaining the same name, Clark Air Base.

In June 2012, the Philippine government, under pressure from Chinese claims to their seas, agreed to the return of American military forces to Clark.

The new terminal at Clark International Airport (Diosdado Macapagal International) opened in May 2022:

Clark International Airport Targeting Aerospace Companies | Transport Security International Magazine

The Philippines has launched a campaign encouraging global aerospace companies to establish facilities at Clark International Airport to serve the Asia region

www.tsi-mag.com