Clark Air Base

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Clark Air Base is a major former U.S. military airfield in the Philippines that served as a key strategic hub for American air operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States Air Force installation
military air base
closureReason damage from Mount Pinatubo eruption
non-renewal of U.S.-Philippines bases agreement
controlledBy Philippines
United States of America
surface form: United States
country Philippines
currentUse Philippine Air Force base
civilian airport
commercial and industrial zone
formerName Fort Stotsenburg
garrison Thirteenth Air Force
surface form: 13th Air Force

U.S. Pacific Air Forces
surface form: Pacific Air Forces

Philippine Air Force
surface form: Philippine Air Force units
geographicCoordinateSystem approximate latitude 15.18° N
approximate longitude 120.55° E
hasFunction command and control center
forward operating base
maintenance and supply center
locatedIn Angeles City
Mabalacat
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Pampanga
locatedInRegion Central Luzon
locatedOn Luzon
namedAfter Harold M. Clark
operator United States Air Force
partiallyReusedAs Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone
surface form: Clark Freeport Zone

Clark International Airport
partOf Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone
runwaySurface concrete
significantEvent Japanese attack on Clark Field in December 1941
Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991
closure as a major U.S. base in the early 1990s
evacuation operations for South Vietnam and Cambodia in 1975
liberation by Allied forces in 1945
major hub for U.S. air operations during the Vietnam War
strategicRegion Asia-Pacific
usedDuring Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
usedFor air operations
airlift operations
fighter operations
logistics hub
medical evacuation
reconnaissance operations
strategic bomber operations

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