Editing Clark Air Base (section)

===Military units===
{{Further|List of military units of Clark Air Base}}
During much of the Cold War, Clark Air Base's activity largely revolved around the [[405th Fighter Wing]], later renumbered as the [[3rd Tactical Fighter Wing]] in September 1974 and its fleet of [[F-4 Phantom II]] fighter jets. It also hosted an interceptor squadron and a flight school, all of which flew a variety of other combat aircraft. Transient aircraft of many types, especially cargo jets, were common.

Fighter planes regularly visited to participate in aerial warfare exercises at [[Crow Valley]] about {{convert|30|mi}} to the northwest. In November 1973, headquarters for the [[374th Tactical Airlift Wing]] was transferred from [[Ching Chuan Kang Air Base]], Taiwan, to Clark Air Base. With this move came two squadrons of [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130E]] transport aircraft, the [[21st Tactical Airlift Squadron]] and the [[776th Tactical Airlift Squadron]].

Clark was served regularly by cargo and passenger flights to and from [[Andersen AFB]], Guam; [[Kadena AB]], Japan; [[Diego Garcia]]; Jakarta, Indonesia; [[Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base|Bangkok]] and [[Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base|Ubon]] Thailand; and [[Saigon]], South Vietnam (until 1975). During the 1970s, passengers arrived via [[Trans International Airlines|Trans International]] [[Douglas DC-8]] and Braniff International DC-8s (the Pickle and the Banana) flights from [[Travis AFB]], California (via Honolulu and Guam).

By 1980, the base had grown to such an extent that weekly [[Flying Tiger Line|Flying Tigers]] [[Boeing 747]] service to St. Louis (via Kadena AB Japan; Anchorage; and Los Angeles) had begun. The 747 service was taken over by [[Tower Air]] sometime in the late 1980s and was augmented with a weekly [[Hawaiian Airlines]] [[Lockheed L-1011|L-1011]] or [[Douglas DC-8]] to Guam-Honolulu-Los Angeles.