Villamor Airbase

Villamor Air Base is home of the Philippine Air Force. It is chiefly used as an air base for PAF transport and helicopter flights. It is also the military base that the Philippine president uses when departing for foreign or domestic trips abroad, though foreign departures are mostly done at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The air base is named in honor of a Filipino pilot, Jesús A. Villamor, who fought during World War II.

The Runways of this base are also used by Ninoy Aquino International Airport

History
The base was originally called Nichols Field during the time of the Philippine Commonwealth period and later as Nichols Air Base after Philippine independence. The complex also includes the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. In 1997, the base was reduced to a small portion to make way for the construction of NAIA Terminal 3 and Newport City.

In 2007, a Skyway exit to both the air base and NAIA Terminal 3 was completed.

In 2010, the AVSECOM van (called by some as Ninoy Aquino's death van) which had carried the body of Ninoy Aquino just after his assassination in 1983 to the hospital, was found rotting inside Nichols air base (now called Villamor Air base), Manila. This was reported in the popular ABS CBN news program 24 Oras and ABS CBN Online News. Photos of this "death van" were subsequently posted on the internet by the Filipino investigative journalist Raissa Robles.

The following units are Stationed at Villamor Airbase
 * 250th Presidential Airlift Wing
 * 520th Airbase Wing
 * 505th Search and Rescue Group
 * 207th Tactical Operations Squadron