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Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, known simply as Villamor Air Base (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL), is the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It was formerly known as Nichols Field or Nichols Air Base.
Jesus Villamor Air Base is located in Pasay City about 5 miles south of downtown Manila and shares facilities with the much larger Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Ninoy Aquino supports most of the city's air traffic.
Villamor earned the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for actions on December 10, 1941, and an Oak Leaf Cluster for his actions on December 12, 1941. Villamor is the only Filipino to receive the DSC twice. Memorials Villamor Philippine Military Air Base at Manila Airport (Nino Aquino Airport, Nichols Field) is named in his honor.
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Villamor Air Base (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL) named for WWII Filipino pilot Jesús A. Villamor is the home of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Chiefly used as a PAF transport/helicopter airbase, it is also the military installation that the Philippine president uses when departing for foreign or domestic trips, though foreign departures are mostly done at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Units stationed at Villamor Airbase include:
•250th Presidential Airlift Wing
•520th Airbase Wing
•505th Search and Rescue Group
Nichols Field was built in the 1930s by the United States during the Philippine Commonwealth period and in 1941 was used as a USAAF airfield in the South West Pacific Theatre. The field was the location of the Far East Air Force's U.S. 20th Air Base Group. Also, based at the field was Troop F of the U.S. 26th Cavalry Regiment. A Fifth Air Force bas...
Military Bases of the Philippines
Camps/Forts
•Emilio Aguinaldo (Quezon City, Metro Manila)
•Camp Emilio Jacinto (Santa Cruz, Laguna)
•Andres Bonifacio (Taguig, Metro Manila)
•Rigoberto Atienza (Quezon City, Metro Manila)
Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, known simply as Villamor Air Base (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL), is the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It was formerly known as Nichols Field or Nichols Air Base.
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Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, or simply Villamor Air Base (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL), named for Filipino WWII pilot Jesús A. Villamor is the home of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
