[Milsurplus] Acronyms

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Greetings Sheldon
I was only at Clark AB twice.  Once going to Mactan and then again when
leaving.  My memory of Clark is fuzzy since I didn't spend much time
there.  If the Elephant Cage is that large all band antenna, then I
remember seeing that.  Hard to miss.  As for Clark being called both an
AFB and AB, I only know what it was called when I was there in the late
1960s.

I did take a look at Mactan AB and I am amazed with all of the new
buildings.  Another runway was added and there seems to be two bridges
from Mactan to Cebu Islands.
Very impressive.  I guess the flat bottomed barges that were the only
link between the two islands are a thing of the past.

It seems that some of the original buildings of the air base are still
there but I cannot get any better resolution then 2000 feet per inch or
so.  I remember where the barracks, Ground Radio Shop, transmitter site,
the secure crypto building and the dispensary where located.  Seems to be
really built up in those areas.

Marcos had a "summer house" called Kalipician, not sure of the spelling,
but it was on the highest part of Mactan (35 feet as I recall) .  I guess
this is where all of the new hotels and resorts are.
Thanks for the post, it brings back a lot of fond memories.
Regards,
Jim


On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:32:20 -0500 sdaitch at ibb.gov writes:
> 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....
> >
> 
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