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	PAF Standards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Fernando's design immortalized the genesis of aviation in the Philippines, for its diamond configuration was derived from the insignia of the Signal Corps, the first military arm in the islands to experiment in flying aircraft.
		Following the elevation of the Philippine Army Air Corps into a major command and component of the Armed Forces on 1 July 1947, it was renamed and restructured as the Philippine Air Force.
		In 1949, the Philippine Air Force discarded the camouflaged paint scheme and adopted silver as the official color of all its aircraft.
	www.paf.mil.ph /gallery1/standards.html (811 words)

	This Fantastic Boeing P-26 Peashooter.
		Later in 1932 the Army Air Corps tested the two flight prototypes with the designation of XP-936, the 900series style showing it to be a civil aircraft in Army hands.
		Eventually the Army Air Corps bought three Model 264s, with designations YP-29, YP-29A and YP-29B, but after trying to eliminate the controversial new features-such as the NACA cowling and cockpit canopy- plans to adopt the P-29 were abandoned.
		Those in the Hawaiian Islands and Philippines were passed on to the Philippine Army Air Corps, and several were in combat with Japanese aircraft in December 1941.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Boeing-P26/p26_info/p26_info.htm (2003 words)

	The Fall of the Philippines-Chapter 2
		On 4 August, the air forces in the Philippines were brought under the control of MacArthur's headquarters, "except for routine administration and supply," and redesignated the USAFFE Air Force.
		Air Forces headquarters was located at Nielson Field on the outskirts of Manila; the majority of the planes were based at either Nichols, also near Manila, or Clark Field.
		A rough estimate of the number of men in the Philippine Army, therefore, would be approximately 120,000, a figure which is confirmed by later reports on the number of men surrendered and by postwar claims for back pay and pensions.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/5-2/5-2_2.htm (6297 words)

	Philippine Army Mobilization and Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Regular Army of the Philippine Commonwealth and the Constabulary were not to be inducted immediately.
		The training of the Philippine Army was beset with numerous difficulties.
		An American Army officer, Col. Clifford Bluemel, who had commanded the 45th Infantry (PS) and later the staff and command school at Baguio, was assigned as division commander with a staff consisting of Philippine Army and Scout officers.
	c.1asphost.com /scanhead25/philtraining.htm (2247 words)

	Military Press : Independent publishers of military history
		The commands directly subordinate the General Staff, (the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East and the Hawaiian Department including the U.S. Army Air Forces components assigned to them, as well as the nine Corps Areas), are shown in further diagrams broken down into their component parts, using tactical symbols.
		Nevertheless, direct command of the Army Airforces combat components were roughly divided between the Chief of the Army Airforce and the Chief of Staff, GHQ Army.
		Between mid 1939 to mid 1941, the total of Air Corps personnel jumped from 20,503 to 152,569, and was still continuing to expand on the eve of Pearl Harbor.
	www.militarypress.co.uk /us-army.htm (2765 words)

	Philippine Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is the air force of the Philippines.
		Although the Philippines did not have its own air corps as of yet during World War I, Filipino volunteers from the Philippine National Guard were accepted for flight training at Fort Mills on Corregidor, which was then home to the 1st Company, 2nd Squadron of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.
		On December 23, the National Defense Act of 1935 provided for the creation of the Philippine Army, which was to be compoased of the Constabulary; the Constabulary Air Corps thus became the Philippine Army Air Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippine_Air_Force (1846 words)

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		With the 6,000-strong Constabulary forming the nucleus of the Army, the PCAC became the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC).
		The 6th Pursuit Squadron of the PAAC, led by Captain Jesus Villamor, engaged the attacking Japanese air force and successfully stalled offensive in spite of inferior equipment and firepower.
		Operationally and administratively independent of the Philippine Army, the PAF was now a major command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/07/07/OPED2004070713525.html (389 words)

	Dilemmas and Continuity: Towards the Development of the First Professional Force (1898-1941)
		The Philippine Commonwealth, with President Manuel L. Quezon at the helm, was inaugurated on November 15, 1935, thus launching the Philippines on the road towards independence.
		The Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC), which was formerly the Philippine Constabulary Air Corps, was the air arm of the army, was conceived to defend Philippine skies, and to perform reconnaissance and liaison functions.
		The army, however, was not federalized, or made an intrinsic part of the U.S. Army: the U.S. Congress carefully chose its words, because calling the Philippine Army to the service of the U.S. meant the army remained a separate force, with its own rates of pay and its own organization.
	www.geocities.com /afpmuseum/history/history_chapter02.htm (8573 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Philippines. 1889 facts and figures, stats and information on Philippine economy, crime, ...
		According to a study by the Philippines Department of Health in 1999, 20% of Filipino women by age 19 are married and/or with children.
		In response to 'Lalaine' - a study of the Philippines labor force shows that the working-age population grew by 2.7% in the 1980s while the labor force (people in that age group who were actually employed) grew by 4%.
		Regarding teenage pregnancy in the Philippines, the 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey shows that 8% of women 15-19 have begun childbearing, 6% are already mothers while 1.8% were pregnant with their first child.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/rp-philippines (1532 words)

	Signal Corps
		When the Army adopted his system June 21, 1860, the Signal Corps was born with Myer as the first and only Signal officer.
		Within 12 years, the Corps had constructed, and was maintaining and operating some 4,000 miles of telegraph lines along the country's western frontier.
		The Signal Corps' role in the Spanish American War of 1898 and the subsequent Philippine Insurrection was on a grander scale than it had been in the Civil War.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/signal.htm (1091 words)

	Basa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Basa Air Base, like many of the air bases used by the PAF, was built by the US Army Air Corps prior to the end of the Second World War.
		It was known then as Florida-Blanca air field after the town in which it is built.
		It was turned over to the Philippine Air Force in 1947 and was named a year later after Lt. Cesar Basa, the first Philippine pilot killed in action at the start of hostilities during World War 2 while flying his P-26.
	home.comcast.net /~manokski/basa.htm (382 words)

	::: The Official Website of the PHILIPPINE NAVY :::
		After the Presidential Proclamation on Muelle de Codo was issued, Philippine Army Engineers started to construct new buildings to house the OSP headquarters, and to introduce some renovations to existing structures.
		To strengthen its training capability, the direct supervision and control to the Philippine Nautical School (now Philippine Merchant Marine Academy) together with its personnel, appropriations, properties, equipment and record was also given the task to prepare all training manuals and to conduct examinations for qualification for advancement or rating for enlisted personnel.
		On 05 January1951, the Philippine Naval Patrol was re-designated as the Philippine Navy by virtue of Executive Order Nr 389 signed by President Elpidio Quirino on 04 March 1957 under the technical control of the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Personnel N-1 and under the command and control of the Commander, Cavite Naval Base.
	www.navy.mil.ph /netc.html (1465 words)

	Family In Crisis: The United States, the Philippines, and the Second World War
		Colonel John M. Fitzgerald was brought up in the Philippines as the son of attended career Army officer and the American School in Pasay, Rizal through the tenth grade before returning to the United States in 1949.
		The mobilization of the ten Philippine reserve divisions was incremental with the last two scheduled to be completed on December 15, 1941.
		Philippine Regular Division was formed from the staff, cadets, and employees of the PMA to which Superintendent Fidel Segundo (USMA’17) added over 4000 volunteers.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~13800.aspx (1474 words)

	Wired Zone: Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Villamor devotion on air force granted him the privilege as one of the pilots in the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Bombing Squadron.
		Due to Japanese strong air and ground forces, USAFFE could not hold their lines anymore and that goes to Villamor’s unit Despite the downfall of USAFFE in the Philippines, Villamor continued his war against the Japanese, he served as an intellegence officer.
		On December 27, 1942 Villamor slipped past the Japanese Navy aboard the submarine "Gudgeon." Establishing a chain of direct communication from the Philippines with General Douglas MacArthur in Australia, he coordinated the activities of various guerilla movements in Luzon, Mindanao and the Visayas.
	c.1asphost.com /scanhead25/villamor.htm (285 words)

	Quezon City
		Founded in 1939 and named after Manuel L. Quezon, the former president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and served as the country's capital from he capital from 1948 to 1976, then moved to Manila.
		Used by the Philippine Army and Philippine Army Air Corps.
		It is the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_quezon.html (116 words)

	Cabanatuan
		The forces assembled at Dagupan the proceeded to Calasio and Gimbu, before marching by foot to Cabanatuan, to begin the raid on the night of the January 30, 1945.
		Outside the main camp memorial, is another memorial dedicated in 2003, to the US Army troops who sucessfully liberated the camp on the night of January 30, 1945.
		During the January 28, 1945 US Army ranger raid on Cabanatuan POW camp, Filipino guerrillas commanded by Juan Pajota and Eduardo Joson held the Cabu bridge and prevented Japanese reinforcements from crossing the river.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_cabanatuan.html (450 words)

	The Signal Corps, From Its Founder To The Present
		On 18 December 1958 with Air Force assistance, the Signal Corps launched its first communications satellite, Project SCORE, demonstrating the feasibility of worldwide communications in delayed and real time mode by means of relatively simple active satellite relays.
		Today communications systems and facilities are still evolving as the Signal Corps continues the commitment to its regimental insignia's motto, "Watchful For The Country." According to LTG Thurman D. Rodgers, commanding general, United States Army Information Systems Command and former commander of the USASCandFG, "The future combat environment is predicted to be technologically intensive.
		In short, there is speculation that with MSE the Signal Corps may become more closely aligned with the combat arms regimental system leading to a reassessment of the Corps' role in that system.
	www.gordon.army.mil /roa/history/reghist.htm (1269 words)

	Alternate Campaigns: Asia and the Pacific
		Philippine Army Air Corps consisted of 64 aircraft - 50 of which were trainers.
		The Japanese were attacking with the 11th Koku Kantai (Air Fleet) based in Tainan (the first Japanese fleet without ships) and the 5th Hikoshidan, based in originally IndoChina and moved to northern Luzon as airfields were made available.
		The Japanese air effort was mostly an all-navy affair due to a variety of all-Japanese squabbling from August to December and because until there were closer bases, no army aircraft that came to Rabaul had the range to help.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/altcamp4.htm (4670 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Fall of the Philippines [Chapter 1]
		The Philippines are predominantly agricultural, the principal crops being rice (the chief element in the Filipino diet), copra, sugar, hemp, tobacco, and corn.
		When the development of the Philippine Army was completed, MacArthur believed it would be strong enough to oppose successfully "any conceivable expeditionary force." It would have a great advantage also in being assigned only one mission: defense of the homeland.
		The first Philippine Army airfield was built just outside of Manila, and by the time the first runway was completed three trainers were available for pilot training.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-1.html (5204 words)

	Manila Bulletin Online
		The PCAC became the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) when the PC was incorporated as a unit of a newly created Philippine Army.
		The courage exhibited by Capt. Villamor was to set the example for many other Filipino aviators who were to be recruited into the Philippine Air Force, the unit established on July 1, 1947, to replace the PAAC.
		A special Air Power Information Campaign was launched on June 8 to reinforce the awareness and appreciativeness of Air Force community of the PAF Modernization and Capability Upgrade Program as well as other PAF projects for national development and progress.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/07/05/OPED2006070568529.html (427 words)

	Philippine Air Force History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		On 7 July 1920, the Council of State approved the establishment of the Philippine Air Service (PAS) to provide air mail and passenger flights between Manila and the ports of Cebu, Iloilo and Zamboanga.
		On 2 January 1935, he formally organized the Philippine Constabulary Air Corps (PCAC) primarily to lend reconnaissance support to the PC's peace and order missions.
		With the 6,000-strong Constabulary forming the nucleus of the Army, the PCAC became the Philippine Army Air Corps.
	www.paf.mil.ph /HISTORY/history03.html (339 words)

	US People--MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1964)
		General MacArthur retired from the U.S. Army in 1937 and was appointed to the rank of Field Marshall in the Philippine Army.
		After Japan began hostilities in December 1941 he was responsible for U.S. and Philippines forces in their unsuccessful fight against the conquering enemy, later receiving the Medal of Honor in recognition of his efforts.
		Accepting command of Philippine Army troops in induction ceremonies of the Philippine Army Air Corps, at Zabalan Field, Camp Murphy, Rizal, Philippine Islands, 15 August 1941.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-m/macarthr.htm (1274 words)

	Army Air Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Army Air Force Pinwheel patch - OD border
		Army Air Force Pinwheel patch - few small holes
		Army Air Force - 4 inch round felt patch - bluish gray
	www.militaryartifacts.com /ArmyAirCorps.htm (343 words)

	Villamor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The base has been in continuous since before World War 2 by both the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC), the US Army Air Corps, with an interim stay by his Imperial Majesty's forces.
		A while later it was renamed after Jesus Villamor, commander of the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the PAAC flying Boeing P-26 Peashooters at the start of hostilities.
		Strangely enough, the base was still referred to as Nichols Air Base and old timers still refer to it by that name.
	home.comcast.net /~manokski/villamor.htm (259 words)

	ROTC - UP Manila: History and Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Philippines had no significant military involvement in World War I, although a few Philippines Nationals served in the battlefields in France, notably Corporal Tomas Claudio (who was killed in action) and Major Basilio Valdez, a medical officer (who later became the first C Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army).
		In October, 1922, the UP Corps of Cadets paraded in honor of alumni members of the Philippine Legislature, for which they were commended by the guests for their steady progress.
		Other than the defunct Philippine Constabulary Academy, the UP ROTC produced most of the leaders who were destined to distinguish themselves in the Defense of the Philippines in 1941-42 and the succeeding Resistance War against the Japanese aggressor.
	home.earthlink.net /~upmrotc/id1.html (4751 words)

	::: The Official Website of the PHILIPPINE NAVY :::
		The Philippine Fleet traces its origin to the pre-war Off Shore Patrol (OSP) - the forerunner of the Philippine Navy.
		Basically, the defense system was patterned after the Swiss Citizen Army conscript idea that by 1946, 200,000 citizen army along with 250 planes of the Philippine Army Air Corps and 50 Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) of the sea going Off-Shore-Patrol (OSP) would be acquired.
		Andrada was assigned to command the Coast Artillery Battalion at Fort Wint.
	www.navy.mil.ph /philflt.html (471 words)

	Charles H. Anderson, Major General, United States Air Force
		From flying air mail and testing aircraft, to commanding a major Air Training Command installation which provides trained Air Force technicians to units throughout the world, these are but a few of the many assignments held by the present commander of Lowry Air Force Base -- Major General Charles H. Anderson.
		In January 1946, he was appointed to the staff and faculty of the Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and from August 1947 to August 1949, performed similar duties at the same location with the Air War College.
		General Anderson reported for duty at Air Force Headquarters in June 1950 to serve in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /chanderson.htm (530 words)

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