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- MILESTONES, Page 89
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- CLOSED. Clark Air Base, a bastion of U.S. air power in the
- Pacific until the eruption of Mount Pinatubo put it out of
- business last June. In a somber ceremony General Jimmie Adams,
- commander of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, handed the ash-covered
- installation over to the Philippine government, which had
- granted the U.S. use of the facilities since 1947. Located near
- Manila, Clark played a key logistical role during the Vietnam
- War but lost its strategic value with the end of the cold war.
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