Clark Air Base and Subic Bay were symbols of America’s global might. Then the Cold War ended. Mt. Pinatubo erupted. They closed. Now China is the unassailable power in these seas.

The new base was named Clark Air Force Base. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 resulted in an abrupt evacuation of Clark Air Force Base by US military personnel and their dependents.

The eruption plume from the June 15 eruption (shown here from Clark Air Force Base) shot some 25 miles (40 kilometers) into the air, creating a giant mushroom cloud in the middle to lower ...

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — The U.S. Army for the first time has deployed Patriot missile launchers to this sprawling facility shared by commercial and military aircraft north of Manila.

On June 10, 1991, the impending eruption of long-dormant volcano Mount Pinatubo on Luzon forced the evacuation of hundreds of military personnel and their families from Clark Air Base to Naval ...

A joint U.S. Army and Air Force Reserve rescue mission in Washington state becomes a delicate, hazardous attempt at 14,000 feet. Specially prepared CH-47 Chinooks, optimized for mountain ...

Mount Pinatubo measured more than 1,700 metres high at the beginning of spring 1991 when magma ... including tens of thousands of personnel from the United States’ nearby Clark Air Force Base.

The new summit elevation of Mount Pinatubo dropped from its pre-eruption elevation of 5,725 feet (1,745 meters) ... Ash-covered cars at Clark Air Force Base, on June 16, 1991.

Dennis Rodman’s dad and the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Philander ... Jr., a towering U.S. Air Force veteran in ... some of them occupied, caved in at Clark Air Base and the naval base in Subic ...

Mount Pinatubo’s eruption on June 15, 1991, is considered the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. It is also a case study on the importance of preparedness in reducing ...

The most recent crash off the coast of Japan Nov. 29 killed all crew members aboard and triggered a grounding Wednesday of all Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys.