A-10C Warthogs Sent To Philippines For Open-Ended Duty

The U.S. has sent an Air Contingent of A-10C Thunderbolt II planes and HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, along with support personnel, to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. It is not yet clear how long the aircraft and airmen will remain at Clark, but future rotations are planned. The Warthogs, Pave Hawks, and airmen will remain at Clark “as long as both the Philippines and the United States deem necessary,” said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a Pacific Air Force spokesman. The Air Force detachment will be joining Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft already at Clark, a major U.S. Military air base until it was closed in 1991. Clark was reopened to U.S. Forces in June new. The move could be interpreted as a counter to Chinas construction of military bases in the Spratly Islands, an area roughly 230 miles off the Philippine coast. Filmed on April 20-21, 2016.\r
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