Philippine Air Force revives Basa AB

One of the Philippine Air Force’s oldest Fighter Wings ( the 5th) has been reformed at the country’s earliest air bases (Basa) in Pampanga. Flying F-51 Mustangs from this base till the late 1950s, the 5th Fighter Wing will now operate 12 FA-50PHs with the 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron ‘Bulldogs’, which had previously been operating from Clark AB while awaiting completion of new infrastructure at Basa. The 5th FW also includes the three surviving S.211s of the 105th Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS).