Naval Station Ernesto Ogbinar

Naval Station Ernesto Ogbinar, previously Naval Station Poro Point, is an installation of the Philippine Navy, located at Poro Point, in San Fernando, La Union, Luzon, The Philippines. It was previously a U.S. installation known as Wallace Air Station; transfer of ownership took place in 1991.History and BackgroundThe Poro Point installation occupied 101 hectares and was acquired in 1903 for the United States Cavalry. Originally, Camp Wallace, the facility was named in honor of Second Lieutenant George W. Wallace, a Medal of Honor recipient from the U.S. 9th Infantry Regiment who was killed in action on 4 March 1900 in the Philippines. In November 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing Camp Wallace and Camp John Hay in Baguio.848th Aircraft Control and Warning SquadronWhile the land was originally purchased for use by the United States Cavalry, it was later transferred to the United States Air Force and it was last home to the 848th Air Defense Squadron, which provided logistics and administrative support to other radar detachments. The 848th was originally the home 848th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron which provided logistics and administrative support to other radar detachments under its chain of command, and was redesignated as the 848th Air Defense Squadron on 22 November 1989. Wallace Air Station and the squadron were inactivated in 1991 following the closing or transfer of all United States Department of Defense facilities in the Philippines.