Ching Chuan Kang Air Base

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base
Part of Republic of China Air Force
Located in Taichung, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Unrectified aerial Image of CCK Air Base from the United States National Reconnaissance Office Corona Satellite
Coordinates	Coordinates: 24°16′N 120°37′E / 24.26°N 120.62°E / 24.26; 120.62
Type	Air Base
Site information
Controlled by	ROC Air Force
Site history
Built	1957
Built by	Republic of China
In use	1957–present

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (Chinese: 清泉崗空軍基地, CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan. It is the home to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, with three squadrons of AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo air-defense /attack fighters. It is also used by the army's airborne and special operations command.

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base is shared with Taichung Airport, commonly known as Taichung Ching Chuang Kang Airport (IATA: RMQ, ICAO: RCMQ).

The forerunner to CCK Air Base was built in 1936, during Japanese rule, in the vicinity of Kōkan (Japanese: 公館^?), hence the former name Kōkan Airport. Construction of the airfield started in 1957, and was given the highest priority of several projects begun after the situation between Taiwan and Mainland China became tense in the mid-1950s. The air base was renamed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base on 20 March 1966 in memory of ROC Army Gen. Qiu Qingquan, and was thereafter known throughout the theater by its initials, CCK. As of the late 1990s, the longest runway at CCK was reportedly 12,000 feet (3,700 m) long.

Taiwan obtained an initial batch of American F-104 Starfighters in 1960–61, and eventually received over 200 of these aircraft, all of which were withdrawn from service in the early 1990s. The Starfighters were operated by the 2nd/499th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hsinchu, the 3rd/427th TFW at Ching Chuan Kang AB, and the 5th/401st Tactical Combined Wing at Taoyuan.