Japanese fighter jets are operating in the Philippines for the first time since World War II at a former U.S. air base, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force announced Wednesday. A pair of Japanese F ...

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — Cars, ... jets — a pair of Japanese F-15J Eagles — returned to Clark and the Philippines in December for the first time since World War II.

After World War II, the United States set up the Clark and Subic military bases in the Philippines. They were the largest US bases in the pacific. The bases were closed in the early 90's.

Clark Air Base and Subic Bay were symbols of America’s global might. Then the Cold War ended. Mt. Pinatubo erupted. They closed. Now China is the unassailable power in these seas.

During World War II, when Imperial Japan occupied the Philippines for more than three years, it utilised the air field in part as a launching base for kamikaze suicide attacks against American forces.

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — As bugles blared Retreat and an honor guard stood at attention, the U.S. flag was slowly lowered on Tuesday as the United States turned over its oldest and once ...

The Marine Hornets previously arrived at Clark Air Base for Cope Thunder 2025, an annual two-part Air Force exercise between U.S. and Philippine forces focusing on aerial combat and logistics.

Klinker was a flight nurse assigned to the 22nd Aircraft Squadron at Clark Air Base in the Philippines in 1974. As Saigon fell, President Gerald Ford ordered an airlift of all in-country orphans, ...