troops, and the eruption in June 1991 of Mount Pinatubo, which severely damaged the facilities at both bases, spelled the end for the huge naval facility. military deployment of the century, from the Boxer Rebellion to Operation Desert Storm.īut the approaching end of the Cold War, concerns about the behavior of U.S. Blessed with abundant deep water anchorages, and commanding close access onto the strategic South China Sea, it had played a part in every major U.S. Air Force base at Clark, some 50 kilometers to the north, had been a critical node of America’s military operations in the Pacific. Naval Station Subic Bay, and its companion U.S. ![]() ![]() For much of the twentieth century, the U.S. Yesterday marked 29 years since the Senate vote that brought the curtain down on the giant U.S.
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