Antonio Bautista Air Base
| Antonio Bautista Air Base Puerto Princesa 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 United States Air Force (under jurisdiction of Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement) |
| 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][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) (9–19 June 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]
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. [4]
Reference
- ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/philippines/bautista.htm
- ^ http://kalasagnglahi.angelfire.com/main_paf_bases.html
- ^ http://www.interaksyon.com/article/57143/air-force-to-beef-up-capabilities-in-palawan
- ^ 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/
