[Milsurplus] Acronyms

[sdaitch at ibb.gov]

In Rosmer's "An Annotated Pictorial History of Clark Air Base: 1899 - 1986," he has, on page 296, a photo of the main gate at Clark.  The archway over the road reads "Clark Air Force Base."  It seems the place may have gone from an AB to an AFB and back, at least one cycle.

Clark International is very operational, but not as a USAF base.  Both main runways appear to be operational and the new one, 2R/20L, has an ILS for each direction.  

If you go to

http://maps.google.com/

you can see some aerial shots of Clark.  The website usually comes up with only the US, but "drag" the US to the one side or the other and find the Philippines.  Most of the satellite shots of Luzon are not very good, but there is a good clean section on Clark, to the point that two small general aviation aircraft are seen at the old Calrk Flying Club building location, east of the main runways.  One large two engine turbine aircraft is parked at the old MAC/AMC terminal, now the commerical terminal.  

This photo section has to be well after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, because the elephant cage has been turned into an exhibition area, but I can't tell you how recent the aerial shot is.  The last time I was on Clark was summer of 2003, and we drove through from the Mabalacat Gate to the Friendship gate to have dinner at some place along Fields Avenue, but it was at night and I could not see much.  Lots of activity, though, on the base, as best as I remember.  The old TDY building, Chambers Hall, was $10 a night, now it is about $150 a night as a Holiday Inn.


73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ, ex DU2MZZ




----- Original Message -----
From: antqradio at juno.com
Date: Friday, March 24, 2006 10:35 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Acronyms

> OK, I know that this is picking a nit but Clark is in the RPI 
> (Republicof the Philippines) so it is (was) an AB (Air Base) not 
> an AFB.
> Wonder if it is still under volcanic ash?
> Regards,
> Jim
> Mactan AB, RPI, 1968-1970
> 
> 
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:31:21 -0500 BSugarberg <bsugarberg at core.com>
> writes:
> > BMEP =  Brake Mean Effective Pressure
> > KNIAS = Knots Indicated Air Speed
> > PRT =   ? (Provisioning Review Team)?
> > MAC =   Military Airlift Command
> > SEA =   South East Asis
> > FTAS =  Forward? Tactical Airlift Squadron
> > AFB =   Air Force Base
> > 
> > 73, Bruce WA8TNC
> > ====================
> > David Stinson wrote:
> > > 
> > >>On the 1049H Connie we never let the BMEP drop below 100 to 
> > prevent the 
> > >>prop from driving the engine. We never used hi-blower, climb 
> at 
> > minimum 
> > >>of 140 KNIAS for cooling and we got an average of over 2000 
> hours 
> > on the 
> > >>wing with the 3350's. With double shorted secondary it was an 
> > immediate 
> > >>feather of the engine, which meant a jug change and PRT at the 
> > next stop 
> > >>in support of MAC in SEA FTAS Based at Clark AFB for 2 years.
> > > 
> > > Acronym attack!!  I need a glossary....
>