Clark Air Base

Clark Air Base is former United States Air Force base located in Pampanga, Philippines.

It hosted the United States Army Air Corps then the United States Army Air Force during World War II. It was bombed by the Japanese and later used by the Empire following the Fall of the Philippines in 1942. After the liberation and the independence of the Philippines, Clark Air Base was the largest U.S. Air Force base in the Asia-Pacific region, hosting majority of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces. During the Vietnam War, many planes coming from the Vietnam made stops here, congesting the runway and causing many USAF planes to be diverted into other airports in the Philippines.

The base was abandoned in June 1991 following the Mount Pinatubo explosion, causing American servicement and dependents to evacuate. It was then handed over to the Philippines in 1992.

Clark Air Base is currently part of the Clark Freeport Zone.