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Flying Division, Air Training Command
Part of Army Air Forces Training Command
Air Training Command
Type Flight Training
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
Site history
In use 1940-1949
Garrison information
Garrison Army Air Force Training Command
Air Training Command

Flying Division, Air Training Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the Air Training Command, stationed at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. It was inactivated on 14 November 1949.

History[]

Central Flying Training Command was established on 8 July 1940 when the United States Army Air Corps redesignated its training center at Randolph Field, Texas as the Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center. The Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center at Randolph handled flying training (basic, primary and advanced) at airfields in the Central United States.

On 31 July 1943, Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center was redesignated as the Central Flying Training Command when Army Air Forces Training Command consolidated technical and flying training under one major command.

Shortly after the end of World War II, Central Flying Training Command consolidated with Western Flying Training Command on 1 November 1945, and was redesignated Western Flying Training Command. On 15 December 1945 Western Flying Training Command consolidated with the Eastern Flying Training Command.

The single entity became Army Air Forces Flying Training Command on 1 January 1946, with its headquarters at Randolph Field, Texas.

On 1 November 1946 the Flying Training Command was redesignated as the Flying Training Division of the new Air Training Command, established as part of the postwar reorganization of the Army Air Forces. It was inactivated on 14 November 1949 when Air Training Command absorbed its subordinate Divisions into its command organization due to budget reductions.

Lineage[]

  • Established as Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center, 8 July 1940
Redesignated: Central Flying Training Command, 31 July 1943
Redesignated: Western Flying Training Command, 15 December 1945
Redesignated: Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, 1 January 1946
Redesignated: Flying Division, Air Training Command, 1 July 1946
Inactivated on 14 November 1949

Major components[]

(Does not include axillary and emergency landing fields)

  • 31st Flying Training Wing (Primary), Enid Army Air Field, Oklahoma
Controlled all USAAF Contract Flying School Airfields under CFTC for primary flight training.
  • 32d Flying Training Wing (Basic), Perrin Field, Texas
48th Basic Flying Training Group, Goodfellow Field, Texas
49th Basic Flying Training Group, Garden City Army Air Field, Kansas
AAF Basic Pilot School (Basic), Gainesville Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Basic Pilot School (Basic), Coffeyville Army Air Field, Kansas
AAF Basic Pilot School (Basic), Temple Field, Texas
AAF Basic Pilot School (Basic), Independence Field, Kansas
AAF Basic Pilot School (Basic), Randolph Field, Texas
AAF Basic Pilot School (Basic), Enid Army Air Field, Oklahoma
AAF Basic Pilot School (Special), Majors Field, Texas
  • 33d Flying Training Wing (Advanced, Multi-Engine), Blackland Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced, Single Engine), Moore Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced, Single Engine), Gainesville Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Specialized, Single Engine), Pounds Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced, Single Engine), Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Texas
  • 77th Flying Training Wing (Advanced, Single Engine), Foster Field, Texas
60th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana
61st Single Engine Flying Training Group, Lake Charles Airfield, Louisiana
347th Single Engine Flying Training Group, Aloe Field, Texas
  • 79th Flying Training Wing (Flexible Gunnery), Harlingen Field, Texas
AAF Gunnery School, Matagorda Island, Texas
AAF Flexible Gunnery School, Laredo Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Flexible Gunnery School, Fort Brown, Texas

AAF Navigator School, Hondo Army Air Field, Texas
Transferred to Midland Army Air Field, Texas, 1 July 1945
29th Twin Engine Pilot Training Group, Chanute Field, Illinois
67th Twin Engine Flying Training Group, Waco Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Four-Engine), Chanute Field, Illinois
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Twin-Engine), Dodge City Army Air Field, Kansas
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Four-Engine), Liberal Army Air Field, Kansas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Altus Army Air Field, Oklahoma
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Frederick Army Air Field, Oklahoma
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Four-Engine), Amarillo Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Big Spring Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Childress Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Ellington Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Four-Engine), Fort Worth Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Twin-Engine), Laughlin Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Lubbock Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Twin-Engine), Pampa Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Pecos Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced, Twin-Engine), Bryan Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Fort Worth Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Sheppard Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Advanced Twin-Engine), Brooks Field, Texas
AAF Pilot School (Specialized Twin-Engine), Kelly Field, Texas
AAF Bombardier School, Big Spring Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Bombardier School, Childress Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Bombardier School, Ellington Field, Texas
AAF Bombardier School, Midland Army Air Field, Texas
AAF Bombardier School, Goodfellow Field, Texas

References[]

  • Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
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