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{{Short description|Military airport in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines}}
{{for|the civilian use of this facility|Puerto Princesa International Airport}}
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|ownership = [[Government of the Philippines]]
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|operator = [[Philippine Air Force]]<br>[[United States Air Force]] {{small|(under jurisdiction of Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement)}}<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{Cite news|last=Lamothe|first=Dan|date=21 March 2016|title=These are the bases the U.S. will use near the South China Sea. China isn't impressed.|url=https://www.WashingtonPost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/21/these-are-the-new-u-s-military-bases-near-the-south-china-sea-china-isnt-impressed/|website=WashingtonPost.com|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref>
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''' ''Antonio Bautista'' Air Base''' {{airport codes|PPS|RPVP}} is a Military Airbase located on [[Puerto Princesa]], [[Palawan]]. The base shares a single, 9,000 foot long runway with [[Puerto Princesa Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/philippines/bautista.htm |title=Antonio Bautista Air Base |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=globalsecurity.org |publisher= |access-date=September 7, 2016 |quote=}}</ref><ref>http://kalasagnglahi.angelfire.com/main_paf_bases.html</ref>
'''Antonio Bautista Air Base''' {{Airport codes|PPS|RPVP}} is a [[military airbase]] of the [[Philippine Air Force]] (PAF), located in [[Puerto Princesa]], [[Palawan]], [[Philippines]]. The base shares the single {{Convert|2600|m|0|abbr=off}} long [[runway]] with [[Puerto Princesa International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.GlobalSecurity.org/military/world/philippines/bautista.htm|title=Antonio Bautista Air Base|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref><ref name=kalasagnglahi>{{Cite web|title=Philippine Air Force airbases|url=https://kalasagnglahi.angelfire.com/main_paf_bases.html|website=[[Angelfire]]|publisher=BakaInu Design Bureau|date=2001|access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> The PAF base was named as an honour to Colonel Antonio Bautista, who was killed in action on 11 January 1974 as a [[F-86 Sabre]] pilot while engaged in a [[close air support]] (CAS) mission against [[Muslim]] rebels.<ref name=kalasagnglahi/>


==World War II==
==World War II==
On 14 December 1944, occupying [[Japan]]ese soldiers herded 150 American [[POW]]s who were building the airstrip on Palawan Island (today's [[Puerto Princesa International Airport]] and Antonio Bautista Air Base) into air raid trenches, doused them with gasoline, set them afire, then machine-gunned and [[bayonet]]ed them to death. Among them was Army Capt. Fred Bruni<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://BataanProject.com/Bruni.html|title=Bruni, Capt. Fred T. Jr.|website=BataanProject.com|publisher=Jim Opolony|access-date=25 April 2022|postscript=.&nbsp;192nd - HQ Co., 192nd Tank Battalion, Cabanatuan, Camp O'Donnell, Cause of Death, Execution, KIA, Palawan Island, Provisional Tank Group}}</ref> the Palawan POWs' senior officer, who was from [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], with the [[192nd Tank Battalion]]. Only eleven men escaped the '[[Palawan Massacre]]', to be rescued by guerrillas. The story of their ordeal persuaded [[General Douglas MacArthur]] that the rumoured order for the retreating Japanese to "kill all" prisoners was being implemented, thus his rush to liberate the Philippines.


[[US Army Air Force]]s units based here included:
On December 14, 1944, occupying Japanese soldiers herded 150 American POWs who were building the air strip on Palawan Island (today’s Puerto Princesa International Airport and Antonio Bautista Air Base) into air raid trenches, doused them with gasoline, set them afire, then machine-gunned and bayoneted them to death. Among them was [https://bataanproject.com/Bruni.html Army Capt. Fred Bruni], the Palawan POWs’ senior officer, who was from Janesville, Wisconsin with the 192nd Tank Battalion. Only eleven men escaped the [[Palawan Massacre]] to be rescued by guerrillas. The story of their ordeal persuaded [[General Douglas MacArthur]] that the rumored order for the retreating Japanese to “kill all” prisoners was being implemented, thus his rush to liberate the Philippines.
*Headquarters, [[XIII Fighter Command]] (1 March 1945 to November 1945)
*[[42d Bombardment Group]] (March 1945 to January 1946)
*[[347th Rescue Wing|347th Fighter Group]] (6 March to December 1945)
*[[419th Night Fighter Squadron]] (6 March 1945 to 10 January 1946)
*[[550th Night Fighter Squadron]] (Det) (9 to 19 June 1945)


==Current use==
US Army Air Forces units based here included:
The airbase is currently used as a jump off point to supply the soldiers stationed in the municipality of [[Kalayaan, Palawan|Kalayaan]] as well as soldiers in the [[BRP Sierra Madre]].

*Headquarters, [[XIII Fighter Command]] (1 March 1945 November 1945)
*[[42d Bombardment Group]] (March 1945 January 1946)
*[[347th Rescue Wing|347th Fighter Group]] (6 March December 1945)
*[[419th Night Fighter Squadron]] (6 March 1945 10 January 1946)
*[[550th Night Fighter Squadron]] (DET) (9–19 June 1945)


==Future development==
==Future development==
Antonio Bautista Air Base is one of the nine airbases nominated for the priority development programmes of the [[Philippine Air Force]] (PAF). The PAF planned to construct two additional hangars to store relief supplies and accommodate additional air assets, including long-range [[patrol aircraft]] and two [[PZL W-3 Sokol]] helicopters to be stationed there in the future.<ref name=InterAksyon>{{Cite web|url=http://www.InterAksyon.com/article/57143/air-force-to-beef-up-capabilities-in-palawan|title=Air Force to beef up capabilities in Palawan|website=InterAksyon.com|date=14 March 2013|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520114016/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/57143/air-force-to-beef-up-capabilities-in-palawan|archive-date=20 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 18 March 2016, the United States and the Philippines signed a deal to allow US forces to use five bases in the country as a counter to the Chinese deployments in the [[Spratly Islands]], including Antonio Bautista Air Base.<ref name=WashingtonPost/>
It is one of the nine air bases eyed for the priority development programs of the [[Philippine Air Force|Philippine Air Force (PAF)]]. The PAF planned to construct Two additional hangars at ''Antonio Bautista'' Air Base in Puerto Princesa to store relief supplies and accommodate additional air assets, including long-range patrol aircraft to be stationed there in the future.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/57143/air-force-to-beef-up-capabilities-in-palawan |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520114016/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/57143/air-force-to-beef-up-capabilities-in-palawan |archive-date=20 May 2013 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>


A new Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse is expected to be built at the airbase.<ref name=InterAksyon/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Robson|first=Seth|date=31 January 2019|url=https://www.Stripes.com/news/facility-for-us-forces-opens-on-philippines-main-island-another-slated-for-palawan-1.566695|title=Facility for US forces opens on Philippines' main island; another slated for Palawan|website=Stripes.com|publisher=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]|access-date=25 April 2022|quote=Speaking at Cesar Basa Air Base during Tuesday's opening of a new 'Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse', Lorenzana said, in comments reported by the [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]], that another warehouse would be built at Antonio Bautista Air Base on Palawan once U.S. funding comes through.}}</ref>
On March 18, 2016 the USA and Philippines signed a deal to allow US forces to use 5 bases in the country as a counter to the Chinese deployments in the Spratly Islands, including Antonio Bautista Air Base.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lamothe |first1=Dan |title=These are the bases the U.S. will use near the South China Sea. China isn’t impressed. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/21/these-are-the-new-u-s-military-bases-near-the-south-china-sea-china-isnt-impressed/ |accessdate=17 October 2018 |work=Washington Post |date=21 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

A new Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse is expected to be built at the airbase.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/facility-for-us-forces-opens-on-philippines-main-island-another-slated-for-palawan-1.566695?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ebb%2001.02.2019&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief |first=Seth |last=Robson |date=January 31, 2019 |publisher=''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]'' |title=Facility for US forces opens on Philippines’ main island; another slated for Palawan |quote=Speaking at Cesar Basa Air Base during Tuesday’s opening of a new “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse, Lorenzana said, in comments reported by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, that another warehouse would be built at Antonio Bautista Air Base on Palawan once U.S. funding comes through.}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==See also==
* [[Puerto Princesa International Airport]]


{{Military Bases of the Philippines}}
{{Military Bases of the Philippines}}
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Latest revision as of 02:08, 15 June 2024

Antonio Bautista Air Base
Puerto Princesa, Palawan in Philippines
Runway (top-left of picture) of Antonio Bautista Air Base
Coordinates09°44′39″N 118°45′32″E / 9.74417°N 118.75889°E / 9.74417; 118.75889 (Antonio Bautista Air Base, Philippine Air Force)
TypeMilitary airbase
Site information
OwnerGovernment of the Philippines
OperatorPhilippine Air Force
United States Air Force (under jurisdiction of Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement)[1]
Site history
BuiltMarch 21, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-03-21)
Built byUS POWs during Japanese occupation
In use1975–present (Philippines)
Garrison information
Garrison4th Tactical Operations Command
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL22 m / 71 ft
Coordinates09°44′31″N 118°45′29″E / 9.74194°N 118.75806°E / 9.74194; 118.75806 (Antonio Bautista Air Base, runway)
Map
PPS/RPVP is located in Philippines
PPS/RPVP
PPS/RPVP
Antonio Bautista Air Base location in the Philippines
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,600 8,530 asphalt/concrete

Antonio Bautista Air Base (IATA: PPS, ICAO: RPVP) is a military airbase of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), located in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. The base shares the single 2,600 metres (8,530 feet) long runway with Puerto Princesa International Airport.[2][3] The PAF base was named as an honour to Colonel Antonio Bautista, who was killed in action on 11 January 1974 as a F-86 Sabre pilot while engaged in a close air support (CAS) mission against Muslim rebels.[3]

World War II

[edit]

On 14 December 1944, occupying Japanese soldiers herded 150 American POWs who were building the airstrip on Palawan Island (today's Puerto Princesa International Airport and Antonio Bautista Air Base) into air raid trenches, doused them with gasoline, set them afire, then machine-gunned and bayoneted them to death. Among them was Army Capt. Fred Bruni[4] the Palawan POWs' senior officer, who was from Janesville, Wisconsin, with the 192nd Tank Battalion. Only eleven men escaped the 'Palawan Massacre', to be rescued by guerrillas. The story of their ordeal persuaded General Douglas MacArthur that the rumoured order for the retreating Japanese to "kill all" prisoners was being implemented, thus his rush to liberate the Philippines.

US Army Air Forces units based here included:

Current use

[edit]

The airbase is currently used as a jump off point to supply the soldiers stationed in the municipality of Kalayaan as well as soldiers in the BRP Sierra Madre.

Future development

[edit]

Antonio Bautista Air Base is one of the nine airbases nominated for the priority development programmes of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). The PAF planned to construct two additional hangars to store relief supplies and accommodate additional air assets, including long-range patrol aircraft and two PZL W-3 Sokol helicopters to be stationed there in the future.[5]

On 18 March 2016, the United States and the Philippines signed a deal to allow US forces to use five bases in the country as a counter to the Chinese deployments in the Spratly Islands, including Antonio Bautista Air Base.[1]

A new Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse is expected to be built at the airbase.[5][6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Lamothe, Dan (21 March 2016). "These are the bases the U.S. will use near the South China Sea. China isn't impressed". WashingtonPost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Antonio Bautista Air Base". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Philippine Air Force airbases". Angelfire. BakaInu Design Bureau. 2001. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Bruni, Capt. Fred T. Jr". BataanProject.com. Jim Opolony. Retrieved 25 April 2022. 192nd - HQ Co., 192nd Tank Battalion, Cabanatuan, Camp O'Donnell, Cause of Death, Execution, KIA, Palawan Island, Provisional Tank Group{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. ^ a b "Air Force to beef up capabilities in Palawan". InterAksyon.com. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. ^ Robson, Seth (31 January 2019). "Facility for US forces opens on Philippines' main island; another slated for Palawan". Stripes.com. Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 25 April 2022. Speaking at Cesar Basa Air Base during Tuesday's opening of a new 'Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse', Lorenzana said, in comments reported by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, that another warehouse would be built at Antonio Bautista Air Base on Palawan once U.S. funding comes through.