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| PAF mulls pullout from Clark | |
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| seWer Rat | Sep 27 2008, 09:48 AM Post #1 |
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to transfer to Basa and Crow Valley but would cost whooping P8 billion pesoses!http://www.gmanews.tv/story/123290/PAF-mul...lout-from-Clark CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga – A high-ranking Philippine Air Force (PAF) official has announced the possible pullout of most of its units in this Freeport. The remark was made by newly-installed Wing Commander Col. Francisco Cruz of the 600th Air Base Wing who added that the PAF has commissioned the creation of a master development plan for Crow Valley in Tarlac Province and Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga as new locations for the 600th Air Base Wing. Cruz made the remark during an interview over the cable program “Aksyon Central Luzon Special Edition" hosted by broadcaster Sonny Lopez, Jr.. He said that the total cost of the pullout and transfer of personnel, equipment, and infrastructure from Clark is estimated at P8 billion. “We are just waiting for the master development plan to be finished before we could proceed with the pullout of personnel," Cruz said, adding that only a small contingent will remain in Clark. Cruz stressed that the presence of PAF here is vital for the Freeport in terms of security citing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s vision for Clark when she declared the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport as the country’s premier gateway. “The presence of air force personnel inside Clark plays a very important role as far as security measures are concerned, especially now that the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport is on its way of becoming the country’s premier gateway," Cruz said. At present, the PAF is based inside the 333-hectare Air Force City here. The area has 668 housing quarters and accommodates 4,318 people mostly composed of enlisted personnel and their dependents, and civilian employees. The PAF had been staying in a designated area here known as the Clark Air Base Command (Cabcom) when this Freeport used to be the United States’ largest military installation in the Asia Pacific Region. They have continued to secure Clark environs after US troops pulled out following the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991. The volcanic eruption and bases pullout prompted government to proclaim Republic Act (RA) 7227, also known as the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992, and the creation of Executive Order (EO) 80, making the Clark as the implementing arm of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). In June 10, 1995, the Department of National Defense, BCDA, and CDC signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the management, responsibilities, and delineation of areas, among others of the former Clark Air Base. This agreement, which does not observe any timetable, is renewable every five years. - GMANews.TV |
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| spearhead | Sep 27 2008, 09:03 PM Post #2 |
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DoctorNO, Your Neutral Observer.
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Hmm naghuhumpisa na sila mag reorganized ulit.... |
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