 As the Allied forces advanced , new bases were formed , and the old ones in Australia were closed . Base Sections 5 and 6 were closed in January 1943 , and Base Section 4 in June 1944 . The remaining four became bases , and a Base Section was formed in Brisbane to control them . Bases 1 and 3 were closed in December 1944 , leaving only Bases 2 and 7 . These were deactivated in June 1945 and their functions absorbed by the Australia Base Section , as the Base Section had been renamed in February 1945 . In New Guinea , Base D was closed in July 1945 , and Bases A , B and E in September , leaving Bases F , G and H. Meanwhile , a series of bases were opened in the Philippines : Base K on Leyte , Base M on Luzon , Base R at Batangas , Base S on Cebu and base X at Manila . These came under the Luzon Base Section , which was redesignated the Philippine on 1 April 1945 . On 7 June 1945 , USASOS became AFWESPAC , under the command of Lieutenant General Wilhelm D. Styer , and it absorbed USAFFE . 
