Busy bodies

Build and they will come.
From merely nothing flying out of the Clark international airport after the cataclysmic eruptions of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, the succeeding secondary explosions that emitted fine volcanic ashes and the dreaded lahar flows—the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport has metamorphosed into one of the busiest airports in the Asian region. Back then, we only had migratory birds visiting the two 3.2-km parallel runways, a contrast when the US military might is felt by the presence of the F4 phantoms lined up in front of the DMIA tower.

The Return of GI Joe

The sonic booms coming from the twin engines of F-18 Hornets and British-made Harrier jets suddenly reverberated from the azure skies where once GI Joe lorded it over for nearly a century. For the nth time, our Big White Brothers are back with their war machines under the auspices of the annual Visiting Forces Agreement.

Crow Valley or Basa–not Sacobia

The 600th Air Base Wing commander was visibly irked by reports that the Philippine Air Force contingent is ready to leave Clark for Sacobia Valley.