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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>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/philippines/bautista.htm</ref> |
''' ''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>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/philippines/bautista.htm</ref> It has a detachment in the KIG, the Rancudo Air Station, but no aircrafts are permanently based here, though regularly visited by [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130]] or Naval Islanders on resupply missions or by [[North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco]] and [[SIAI-Marchetti S.211|S-211]]. |
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Revision as of 16:38, 5 July 2014
| Antonio Bautista Air Base | |
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| Located at Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines | |
| Coordinates | 09°44′32″N 118°45′31″E / 9.74222°N 118.75861°E |
| Type | Air Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner |  Philippines |
| Controlled by | Philippine Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | March 21, 1975 |
| Built by | Philippines |
| In use | 1975 – Present (Philippines) |
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| Elevation AMSL | 71 ft / 22 m | ||||||||||
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.svg)  PPS/RPVP Location of Antonio Bautista Air Base in the Philippines | |||||||||||
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Antonio Bautista Air Base (IATA: PPS, ICAO: RPVP) is a Military Airbase located on Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The base shares a single, 9,000 foot long runway with Puerto Princesa Airport.[1] It has a detachment in the KIG, the Rancudo Air Station, but no aircrafts are permanently based here, though regularly visited by C-130 or Naval Islanders on resupply missions or by North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco and S-211. [2]
World War II
USAAF units based here included:
- Headquarters, XIII Fighter Command (1 March 1945 – November 1945)
- 42d Bombardment Group (March 1945 – January 1946)
- 347th Fighter Group (6 March – December 1945)
- 419th Night Fighter Squadron (6 March 1945 – 10 January 1946)
- 550th Night Fighter Squadron (DET) (9 June–19, 1945)
Future Improvements
It is one of the nine air bases eyed for the priority development programs of the 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. [3]
