1008:. Clothing and bedding were in short supply, and it got to the point where new recruits were issued only the minimum essentials. Clothing stocks had to be drastically reduced at other ATC bases so recruits could receive essential clothing—although it was impossible to provide exact sizes. Lackland AFB had only been constructed to handle about 28,000 recruits, but by January 1951 the number exceeded 70,000. Officials had no choice but to establish a tent city. Lackland AFB completely exhausted the Air Force's supply of steel folding cots and mattresses. Others had to make do with canvas cots. At one time, the base had almost 10,000 recruits sleeping on canvas cots, without mattresses.
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climates. In March 1947, budgetary cuts caused a major reduction in force of graded civilian employees. Technical
Division had no choice but to fill empty civilian instructor slots with military personnel. That left the schools with a high percentage of instructors with little, if any, teaching experience and, in some cases, very limited knowledge of course material. In fact, many of these new instructors had just graduated from the courses they were now expected to teach.
1095:, lasted 16 weeks and included 130 hours of flying. This phase included flying in both the T-6 or T-28 and in tactical aircraft (T-33 jet trainer, F-80 jet fighter, F-51 conventional fighter, or B-25 multi-engine bomber). At the end of the third phase, cadets were commissioned and received pilot wings. When ATC completed its program of decentralization by activating the CTAF in March 1952, it then provided combat crew training to the major combat commands.
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civilians and had 600 permanent party uniformed USAF personnel. Eventually, about 6,000 Air Force recruits would be trained at
Sampson AFB. The Air Force also built a runway and other facilities at Sampson and converted the base to its needs. By 1953, a single paved 5000 foot north–south runway (Rwy 17/35) was completed and a control tower, fire station and aircraft parking ramp was built on the west side, with
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technologies were added into the postwar Air Force inventory as fully operational weapons systems. Austere postwar military budgets led to additional consolidations and all of the flying programs suffered from shortages of aircraft replacement parts, qualified maintenance personnel, and instructors...problems that existed with the schools throughout the early postwar era.
679:. Officials in Air Training Command were so concerned about the effect this loss of personnel would have on mission accomplishment that a return letter was sent to Washington asking which of the new flying training bases—Waco or Enid—was to be written off. The only way ATC was able to provide personnel for these schools was by taking individuals from other bases.
957:, California to accommodate new enlistees. A former World War II Navy Seebee training facility known as Camp Parks, the Air Force had to completely rebuild the base. Base personnel were initially housed in temporary facilities and ate from a field mess. The first group of Airmen arrived at Camp Parks in the Summer of 1951; mass training began in March 1952.
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1129:(TAC) in the 1950s. Over the next ten years, ATC reduced its bases from 43 to 16, and its personnel from 271,849 to 79,272. In large part this was due to the return of the crew training mission to the operational commands. In 1958, ATC returned bomber crew training to SAC and fighter crew training to TAC.
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on 2 August 1990. In support of wartime demands, ATC deployed over 3,000 command personnel to other commands. Then ATC called up 2,387 individual mobilization augmentee (IMA) Air Force
Reservists and over 1,000 inactive Air Force Reservists and Air Force retirees to fill active duty positions vacated
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One change was in the command's approach to technical training. Poor retention rates and the generally lower quality of recruits prompted ATC to shift from a "career oriented" technical training philosophy to one of teaching only those tasks recruits needed during their first enlistment. This reduced
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ended the draft on 30 June 1973, converting the military to an all-volunteer force. Also, during this period the percentage of recruits with a high school education declined to the lowest point in the history of the Air Force. These factors combined to make the 1970s yet another era of change for Air
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became a Basic
Training Center with the formation of the 3330th Basic Military School due to an outbreak of spinal meningitis at Lackland AFB. A personnel processing squadron was added the same month to support the school. In 1967 the center's facilities covered 5,273 acres (21 km) and had about
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As a direct result of the rapid expansion of the training needs of the Air Force as a result of the Korean War, ATC reversed its 1949 decision to eliminate training divisions and consolidate all command level organizations at its headquarters. Headquarters USAF approved the decentralization in early
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These were former World War II pilot training airfields that were placed in reserve status after the war. Air
Training Command applied the "Air Base" designator to these military-supervised/contractor-operated flying training bases. At about the same time, ATC redesignated the 3595th Pilot Training
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decided that the country could only afford a 48-group Air Force and with only a minimum of operating funds available, the
Secretary of Defense directed major spending cuts throughout the Department of Defense (DOD). In a reorganization, Technical Division, Air Training Command was inactivated on 14
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ended in 1949, the Air Force was again hit with reductions that resulted in forced reorganizations and reduced training. Austere postwar military budgets led to additional consolidations and all of the technical programs suffered from shortages of instructors...problems that existed with the schools
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The Army Air Forces had set a post-war goal of 70 groups; however, Congress balked at funding the ambitious undertaking. Instead, the USAAF had to downscale its plans, settling on 55 groups. Congress passed the
National Security Act of September 1947, and soon after, the Air Force became a separate
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In June 1946, the USAAF discontinued the World War II Flying
Training Wings allocated to AAFTC and each training installation was commanded by its designated Army Air Forces Base Unit (AAFBU). In September 1947, upon establishment of the United States Air Force (USAF) as an independent service, the
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Strategic Air
Command began closing down its operations at Amarillo AFB in early 1968. Personnel and equipment of the 461st Bombardment Wing were transferred to other SAC organizations during the spring, and the wing was declared non-operational at the end of February. The 461st BW was discontinued
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Beginning on 24 July 1950, all technical training programs went on a six-day-a-week operation. That reduced by almost 17 percent the amount of time it took to train an enlisted technician. Multiple shifts also ran. While this increased the need for more instructors, it limited the amount of housing
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The Korean War caused
Lackland AFB, Texas to overflow with trainees. During the first two weeks of 1951, the population at Lackland AFB jumped from 36,513 to over 70,000 personnel. With the large influx of enlisted personnel requiring indoctrination training, Air Training Command took interest in
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in 1946. Separation criteria were progressively lowered for both officer and enlisted personnel as part of the postwar demobilization. Training Command losses from separations were not made up by gains from recruits and returnees and shortages were particularly acute in maintenance, mess, clerical,
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In 1984, expanded training budgets allowed the command to change back to a philosophy of training technical personnel to the fullest extent possible, rather than limiting training to the skills needed only for the first enlistment. Technical training courses, especially those in "sortie-producing"
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The Air Force initially resorted to an involuntary recall of Air Force Reservists and Air National Guardsmen to fill the gap while Air Training Command expanded its training efforts to meet wartime demands. By 1 July, the Air Force had directed ATC to accelerate training to fill the needs of a new
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ATC was organized around the AAFTC's Flying Training Command and Technical Training Commands, which were redesignated as the ATC Flying and Technical Training Divisions on 1 November 1946. A third Division was formed with the creation of the ATC Indoctrination Division, which was organized around
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on 15 November 1950. The Air Force spent about $ 6 million on renovations and Air Training Command established the 3650th Indoctrination (later Military Training) Wing to manage the base and conduct Basic Training. The first trainees arrived on 1 February 1951, with the base employing about 700
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By 1948, ATC was still reeling from the heavy losses it sustained in its instructor force in 1947. Then the personnel withdrawals that had to be made in support of the Berlin Airlift and the expansion of Strategic Air Command combined to handicap even more the training bases at the same time that
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In 1960, ATC began looking at a new training concept, consolidated pilot training (CPT), combining preflight, primary, and basic instruction. Secretary of the Air Force Dudley C. Sharp approved the idea in March 1960, and Air Training Command intended to have the training program in operation by
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in August 1945 and the end of the war in the Pacific in September 1945 began a rapid demobilization of the U.S. armed forces. Large numbers of temporary training bases were closed and units were discontinued in late 1945 and early 1946 as the US military transitioned from a wartime footing to a
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and cryptologic training. Air Force transferred Air University to ATC effective 15 May 1978. This consolidation brought all professional military education under the same roof as basic military, technical, and flying training. However, Air Force officials soon became concerned this arrangement
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There was no time to prepare, and that meant the quality of training suffered...both flying and technical training. Because troops in the Far East received priority in the supply system, ATC also faced across-the-board shortages in equipment such as armament, radar, aircraft spares, maintenance
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Shortly after the beginning of the Korean War, the Air Staff transferred most of the combat aircrew training mission from the operational commands to ATC, placing an even heavier burden on the command. Air Force directed Air Training Command to double pilot production to 7,200 per year, and to
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Technical Division was given the responsibility of assembling and training two specialized arctic training teams. Their mission was to indoctrinate USAAF (later USAF) units and individuals destined for polar assignments in personal survival and in the care and use of equipment in cold weather
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However, several events in the middle and late 1980s brought about the next cycle of restricted military spending affecting ATC's mission. By Fiscal Year 1988, funding for technical training dropped by over 15 percent, and the command had to institute a civilian hiring freeze. Then, in rapid
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ATC's Flying Division began its first jet fighter transition course at Williams Field in 1946. However, by early 1947, the USAAF had sped up its conversion to jet aircraft. The only way training needs could be met was by limiting course quotas to commands already using jet aircraft. Also, the
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In addition, the pilot training program was consolidated into two classes, Basic and Advanced. Also, the wide variety of training aircraft were reduced to streamline the training program. Jet training aircraft and courses were also added, along with helicopter training as the new wartime
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For that reason, ATC was organized in the summer of 1946 to become the main training organization of the postwar USAAF. One of the major organizational changes of the postwar USAAF was the elimination of the "command" organizational echelon. While most wartime Commands became
284:, which ended in May 1945. Excess training bases across the United States had begun to be shut down and units consolidated during the summer of 1945 as the training needs of the USAAF was being refocused to support the requirements of those USAAF combat units in the war against
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did not result in a drastic increase in the command's bases or personnel. This was because ATC reverted to a split-phase program of basic military training, and because the command's training philosophy was geared toward generalized rather than specialized technical training.
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on 25 June 1950 indicated that ATC would soon see an increase in training requirements. By 1 July, the Air Force had directed ATC to accelerate training to fill the needs of a new 95-wing Air Force. A few days later, ATC found itself with a new mission: combat crew training.
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March 1961. At the same time, Secretary Sharp approved initiation of a consolidated pilot training program, ATC decided to replace all civilian flying instructors with military officers and to phase out all contract primary schools. The last of these closed in spring 1961.
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1951. While ATC had sought numerical designations for its new air forces—Thirtieth Flying Training and Thirty-first Technical Training Air Forces—USAF officials recommended functional rather than numerical designations. Thus, ATC's new subordinate organizations became the
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Pilot training gradually increased as the war dragged on. But officials reassigned many of ATC's best instructor pilots to the operational commands, creating severe flying training difficulties. Then in 1969, ATC's involvement in a program of training and equipping the
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During the last half of 1952, however, the volume of training conducted steadily decreased as the supply of trained pilots and technicians met the Air Force demand in almost all areas. Air Training Command reached its Korean War peak of 176,446 personnel in June.
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the former Sampson Naval Training Station, New York for use as an addition Basic Military Training base for enlisted personnel. Custody of most of the property of the training center was transferred to the Air Force in 1950, and the Air Force named the facility
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Another change came in the form of increased opportunities for women. The first class of 10 women pilots in the USAF received their wings on 2 September 1977, and the first class of female graduates from undergraduate navigator training received their wings at
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For nearly 50 years, ATC was the primary training organization of the United States Air Force from its inception as an independent service in September 1947. It provided pilot and aircrew training; technical training, and enlisted and officer basic training.
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Air Force also activated ATC's 11th Contingency Hospital and deployed it to the United Kingdom to treat expected casualties from the war. Fortunately, the Persian Gulf War did not produce large numbers of American casualties, and the conflict was soon over.
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An especially important Year of Training initiative was the recommendation to create a single, coherent education and training structure for officer, enlisted, and civilian personnel. As a result of this recommendation, Air Force again merged
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Still another change was the way in which ATC conducted undergraduate navigator training. In 1978, navigator training shifted from generalized to specialized, with follow-on advanced training specific to the student's career track.
1176:, Texas, in February 1962. During the next few years, increasing numbers of US service members went to Southeast Asia as military advisers to the South Vietnamese armed forces, but the effect on ATC was negligible. When president
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it had been using for advanced multi-engine training under specialized UPT. Under generalized UPT, all pilots received the same training, regardless of what type of operational aircraft they would ultimately fly. ATC acquired the
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Plans called for FTAF to be headquartered at Randolph AFB and TTAF at Lowry AFB; however, the unexpected escalation of training at those bases meant facilities were not available. Thus, ATC established the FTAF headquarters at
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the space was even less...only 50 square feet (4.6 m) per student. Finally, the interval between class entries also decreased. All of this was an effort to train students as quickly as possible and get them in the field.
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Wing-Base organization (as opposed to the AFBU Base organization), the AFBUs were discontinued or redesignated in favor of new USAF four-digit "table of distribution units" established by USAF or the Major Commands.
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At about the same time, ATC gained another mission when it took over responsibility for the recruiting mission in 1954. Then in October 1957, Headquarters Air Training Command moved from Scott AFB, Illinois, to
344:, USAF Chief of Staff, that ATC would do all it could to bring the new groups up to strength, but the training capability of ATC was extremely limited due to a severe lack of personnel and training funds.
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and medical personnel. In 1948, Air Training Command began rebuilding its training complex, but the command was still reeling from the heavy losses it sustained in its instructor force by demobilization.
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16,300 assigned personnel. However, due to the influx of trainees for the Vietnam buildup, Amarillo continued to conduct Split-Phase Basic Military Training for enlisted airmen with Lackland AFB.
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was over. Suddenly, the threat from the East that had dominated American military thinking for decades was gone. Congress quickly cut military spending in response to the diminished threat.
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One year later, the command began experimenting with eliminating propeller-driven aircraft from primary pilot training. "Project All-Jet" was a success, and in 1959, ATC began replacing the
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items, clothing, bedding, and office equipment. Shortages of spare parts even caused a reduction in helicopter training at San Marcos AFB and B-29 training at Randolph AFB later in the war.
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to become a self-sufficient, 40-squadron air force caused technical training production to surge by approximately 50 percent, to over 310,000. This increase, however, was not to last long.
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Therefore, on 1 July 1983 – little more than five years after the realignment – Air Force once again conveyed separate command status upon Air University. The USAF Security Service at
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in Asia. As the Air Force expanded to meet those threats, ATC continued to expand as it activated five more flying training bases, bringing the number of primary installations to 42.
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With the end of the Korean War and cutbacks in the military budget afterwards, Air Training Command discontinued its basic training schools at Sampson and Parks AFB on 1 July 1956.
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in the early 1980s, ATC was able to improve training in several areas. The command added more flying hours to the pilot training program and extended the course by three weeks.
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the length of training while also lowering training costs. To supplement on-duty training, and in hopes of attracting higher-quality recruits, Air Force established the
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AAFBUs on the permanent Army Air Forces bases became Air Force Base Units (AFBU) upon the bases' transfer to the USAF. By mid-1948, with the adoption by the USAF of the
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increase technician production to 225,000 per year. With the end of the Korean War on 27 July 1953, Air Training Command again began to reduce its training activities.
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the Military Training Center in San Antonio, Texas (which had earlier been a part of Technical Training Command). All three Divisions of ATC were co-equal in status.
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As popular support for the Vietnam War waned and American forces began to pull out of Southeast Asia, ATC's training requirements gradually diminished. President
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Wing (Advanced Single-Engine) as the 3595th Training Wing (Combat Crew). On 17 July 1950, Nellis AFB began a special training program to provide 115 combat-ready
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In the early 1960s, ATC converted from specialized to generalized undergraduate pilot training (UPT). During this time, the command retired the World War II–era
1300:, Texas, had conducted all Air Force cryptologic training since 1958. On 1 July 1978, both Goodfellow and the cryptologic training mission transferred to ATC.
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specialties, were expanded from generalist courses to specialized instruction. By 1985, the average length for these courses had risen to nearly 17 weeks.
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and dining facilities needed. Along with this, the amount of dormitory space given each student was reduced from 72 square feet (6.7 m) to 60, and at
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The most important change in the training program involved the inauguration of four-phase pilot training. Phase one of the program included 12 weeks of
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November 1949 when Air Training Command absorbed its subordinate Divisions into its command organization to comply with the budget reduction directive.
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pilot production increased. Plans called for ATC to add five additional flight training bases and by year's end the command had already activated four:
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and inactivated on 25 May 1968. The last BMT class at Amarillo AFB graduated on 11 December 1968, and the base closed on 31 December 1968.
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3510th Combat Crew Training (Medium Bombardment) (later, 3510th Pilot Training) Wing, 1 Apr 1958 – 1 May 1972
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pilots to serve as replacements for casualties in the first months of the Korean campaign.
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Inactive 30 November 1945 – 1 May 1946; Closed 1 March 1949
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Community College of the Air Force: 1 Apr 1972 – 1 Jul 1993
2944:
Manning, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, Reassigned to ATC, p. 218.
709:
Students prepare to take off on a cross-country flight in
1620:
Human Resources Research Center: 10 Oct 1949 – 1 Apr 1953
347:
The initial training bases of Air Training Command were:
2618:
History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002
1289:
lowered the visibility and diminished the importance of
227:
ATC was organized on 1 July 1946 as a re-designation of
3015:
United States Air Force military education and training
35:
Undergraduate Pilot Training Class photo, Class 81-05,
2796:
Manning, Technical Training—Vertical Expansion, p. 65.
2322:
3480th Technical Training Wing 1 Jul 1978 – 1 Mar 1985
2216:
3610th Navigator Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Jul 1962
2207:
3565th Navigator Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Jan 1966
2198:
3535th Navigator Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Apr 1973
1652:
USAF Instrument Flight Center: 1 Oct 1983 – 1 May 1992
1641:
USAF Aerospace Medical Center: 1 Oct 1959 – 1 Nov 1961
980:
with combat crews from active duty and reserve units.
1586:
Technical Training Air Force: 1 May 1951 – 1 Jun 1958
1121:
Many of the command's facilities were transferred to
2953:
Manning, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, p. 225.
2409:
USAF Medical Service School: 1 Oct 1961 – 7 Jun 1971
2353:
3500th USAF Recruiting Wing: 1 Jun 1958 – 8 Jul 1959
1903:
3650th Pilot Training Wing 15 Feb 1969 – 1 June 1972
1318:
In the fall of 1981, ATC began training pilots from
589:
3525th Pilot Training Wing (Advanced, Single-Engine)
498:
3595th Pilot Training Wing (Advanced, Single-Engine)
1969:
3646th Pilot Training Wing 16 Oct 1961 – 1 Sep 1972
1925:
3615th Flying Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Jul 1972
569:
3505th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Technical School)
512:
3705th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Technical School)
385:
3500th Pilot Training Wing (Advanced, Multi-Engine)
179:
174:
157:
149:
141:
130:
122:
114:
86:
68:
60:
23:
2501:"AFHRA Air Training Command Lineage & History"
2121:3505th Pilot Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Dec 1960
2081:3525th Pilot Training Wing 1 Oct 1960 – 1 Feb 1973
2037:3560th Pilot Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Dec 1972
2013:3575th Pilot Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Nov 1972
1991:3500th Pilot Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Oct 1972
1947:3640th Pilot Training Wing 1 Apr 1958 – 1 Aug 1972
1577:Flying Training Air Force: 1 May 1951 – 1 Apr 1958
1072:in Europe, and potentially a direct conflict with
976:out of five years of storage and deployed them to
586:3010th Army Air Forces (later Air Force) Base Unit
552:2456th Army Air Forces (later Air Force) Base Unit
529:1505th Army Air Forces (later Air Force) Base Unit
399:3502d Army Air Forces Base Unit (Technical School)
1954:1 Aug 1972 – 30 Sep 1973; 1 Dec 1973 – 1 Dec 1975
1568:Crew Training Air Force: 16 Mar 1952 – 1 Jul 1957
382:331st Army Air Forces (later Air Force) Base Unit
365:2532d Army Air Forces (later Air Force) Base Unit
1704:USAF Recruiting Center: 8 Jul 1959 – 1 July 1993
888:: 3308th Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
2715:Manning, Cutbacks in Technical Training, p. 49.
1338:came down, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the
1269:modernization programs. These included closing
555:3585th Pilot Training Wing (Liaison-Helicopter)
250:At the end of the Cold War, it was merged with
2086:82d Flying Training (later, 82d Training) Wing
1229:ATC T-37 trainers at Vance AFB, Oklahoma, 1971
856:3301st Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
840:3307th Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
819:3305th Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
803:3304th Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
787:3300th Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
761:3306th Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
231:(AAFTC) as part of the re-organization of the
126:Air Force Basic, Flight and Technical training
3000:Major commands of the United States Air Force
2858:Manning, Consolidated Pilot Training, p. 132.
2373:3545th USAF Hospital 1 Oct 1958 – 30 Jun 1971
1019:BMT Graduates May 1953, Parks AFB, California
872:3302d Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
774:3303d Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary)
8:
2706:Manning, Polar Mobile Training Units, p. 45.
1180:increased America's military involvement in
2136:3545th Pilot Training Wing 1 Apr-1 Oct 1958
2849:Manning, Four-Phase Pilot Training, p. 85.
1398:and ATC, redesignating the command as the
2805:Manning, Overcrowding at Lackland, p. 77.
2648:
2646:
1350:In the midst of these world changes, the
290:Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
168:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
2974:Manning, Operation Desert Storm, p. 274.
2913:
2911:
2905:Manning, Split-Phase BMT Reborn, p. 160.
2836:
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2832:
2822:
2820:
2774:
2772:
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2764:
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2724:Manning, Basic Military Training, p. 46.
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2487:
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2481:
2479:
2477:
2475:
2473:
1524:Technical Division, Air Training Command
1511:As designated under Air Training Command
1501:, Texas, 15 September 1957 – 1 July 1993
2983:Manning, Closing Installations, p. 285.
2891:Manning, Foreign Pilot Training, p. 44.
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2864:
2826:Manning, ATC and Crew Training, p. 68.
2697:Manning, Basic Flying Training, p. 49.
2670:Inactive 28 August 1946 – 1 April 1948
2661:Inactive 1 July 1946 – 1 December 1947
2540:
2538:
2536:
2534:
2532:
2530:
2528:
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2524:
2522:
1210:Amarillo Air Technical Training Center
20:
16:Former U.S. Air Force training command
2814:Manning, Recall of Reservists, p. 70.
2688:Manning, Jet Fighter Training, p. 48.
1545:Flying Division, Air Training Command
1311:During the military expansion of the
212:designation. It was headquartered at
7:
2870:Manning, Basic Pilot Training, p.74.
2444:Air Force Historical Research Agency
2879:Manning, FTAF/CTAF Merger, p. 111.
1481:As designated Air Training Command
1455:As designated Air Training Command
1443:Air Education and Training Command
1400:Air Education and Training Command
1334:succession beginning in 1989, the
1320:North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1254:, California, on 12 October 1977.
1244:Community College of the Air Force
1148:propeller-driven trainer with the
436:3545th Pilot Training Wing (Basic)
368:3510th Pilot Training Wing (Basic)
256:Air Education and Training Command
218:Air Education and Training Command
14:
2935:Manning, Flying Training, p. 213.
1471:, 17 September 1947 – 1 July 1993
1413:Air Corps Flying Training Command
2962:Manning, 1988 in Review, p. 257.
2438: This article incorporates
2433:
1547:, 1 July 1946 – 14 November 1949
1526:, 1 July 1946 – 14 November 1949
1429:Army Air Forces Training Command
1030:Flying Training Air Force (FTAF)
495:3006th Army Air Forces Base Unit
229:Army Air Forces Training Command
183:
161:
101:
90:
73:
50:
42:
29:
2926:Manning, 1976 Overview, p. 208.
2917:Manning, 1972 Overview, p. 189.
2325:USAF Cryptology Training Center
1871:Flying/Pilot/Navigator Training
964:engaging in direct combat, and
537:San Marcos Field, Texas (later
532:3535th Bombardier Training Wing
433:2533d Army Air Forces Base Unit
220:(AETC) following a merger with
2840:Manning, 1952 overview, p. 79.
2787:Manning, 1950 overview, p. 82.
2778:Manning, 1950 overview, p. 57.
2756:Manning, 1949 overview, p. 57.
2747:Manning, 1948 overview, p. 53.
1506:Major Training Units and Bases
1162:North American B-25 "Mitchell"
572:3310th Technical Training Wing
515:3415th Technical Training Wing
453:3380th Technical Training Wing
419:3450th Technical Training Wing
407:Fort Francis E. Warren (later
402:3345th Technical Training Wing
180:Emblem of Air Training Command
1:
1462:United States Army Air Forces
1203:Republic of Vietnam Air Force
470:3700th Military Training Wing
233:United States Army Air Forces
97:United States Army Air Forces
2733:Manning, Separations, p. 46.
1487:Barksdale Field (later, AFB)
1152:jet engine primary trainer.
1146:North American T-28 "Trojan"
1052:. A third organization, the
1034:Technical Training Air Force
2616:Manning, Thomas A. (2005),
1167:North American T-38 "Talon"
1087:. The second phase, called
409:F. E. Warren Air Force Base
3031:
1495:, Illinois 17 October 1949
1307:T-38s overfly Randolph AFB
683:Consolidation of Divisions
278:Air Training Command (ATC)
3005:Military history of Texas
2104:323d Flying Training Wing
2064:80th Flying Training Wing
2042:78th Flying Training Wing
2018:71st Flying Training Wing
1996:64th Flying Training Wing
1974:47th Flying Training Wing
1952:38th Flying Training Wing
1930:29th Flying Training Wing
1908:14th Flying Training Wing
1886:12th Flying Training Wing
1150:Cessna T-37 "Tweety Bird"
539:San Marcos Air Force Base
426:Goodfellow Air Force Base
28:
2088:1 Feb 1973 – 31 Mar 1993
2044:1 Dec 1972 – 30 Sep 1977
1932:1 Jul 1972 – 30 Sep 1977
1489:, Louisiana, 1 July 1946
1363:by wartime deployments.
1358:'s Iraqi forces invaded
1246:in 1972 as part of ATC.
482:Las Vegas Air Force Base
424:Goodfellow Field (later
375:Barksdale Air Force Base
2106:1 Apr 1973 – 1 Jul 1993
2066:1 Jan 1973 – 1 Jul 1993
2020:1 Nov 1972 – 1 Jul 1993
1998:1 Oct 1972 – 1 Jul 1993
1976:1 Sep 1972 – 1 Jul 1993
1910:1 Jun 1972 – 1 Jul 1993
1888:1 May 1972 – 1 Jul 1993
1469:United States Air Force
1402:(AETC) on 1 July 1993.
1293:and the other schools.
1208:In February 1966 ATC's
1054:Crew Training Air Force
628:Lackland Air Force Base
579:Williams Air Force Base
480:Las Vegas Field (later
460:Lackland Air Force Base
358:Randolph Air Force Base
214:Randolph Air Force Base
206:United States Air Force
135:Randolph Air Force Base
109:United States Air Force
3010:Joint Base San Antonio
2440:public domain material
1374:-directed closures of
1308:
1230:
1197:
1110:
1020:
1001:
950:
927:Sampson Air Force Base
905:
718:
611:
577:Williams Field (later
458:Lackland Field (later
443:Keesler Air Force Base
392:Chanute Air Force Base
356:Randolph Field (later
2424:/ Medina Annex, Texas
1313:Reagan Administration
1306:
1228:
1195:
1123:Strategic Air Command
1108:
1018:
999:
970:Strategic Air Command
948:
903:
708:
609:
522:Mather Air Force Base
488:Nellis Air Force Base
441:Keesler Field (later
390:Chanute Field (later
224:(AU) on 1 July 1993.
2357:Wright-Patterson AFB
1754:Combat Crew Training
1493:Scott Air Force Base
1436:Air Training Command
1275:Webb Air Force Bases
1127:Tactical Air Command
974:B-29 Superfortresses
966:Tactical Air Command
917:and 92 combat-ready
721:The outbreak of the
562:Scott Air Force Base
520:Mather Field (later
505:Lowry Air Force Base
198:Air Training Command
24:Air Training Command
942:aircraft assigned.
915:Far East Air Forces
751:Bainbridge Air Base
560:Scott Field (later
545:Gary Air Force Base
503:Lowry Field (later
2231:Technical Training
2211:James Connally AFB
2195:Navigator Training
1722:San Antonio, Texas
1707:San Antonio, Texas
1692:San Antonio, Texas
1634:San Antonio, Texas
1581:James Connally AFB
1415:on 23 January 1942
1309:
1238:Training Command.
1231:
1198:
1111:
1085:preflight training
1046:James Connally AFB
1021:
1002:
962:Far East Air Force
951:
919:F-80 Shooting Star
906:
878:Stallings Air Base
719:
612:
332:Lieutenant General
2342:
2341:
2177:Military Training
2153:
2152:
1847:
1846:
1678:
1677:
1178:Lyndon B. Johnson
897:
896:
598:
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373:Barksdale Field (
303:major air command
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1352:Persian Gulf War
1221:Post-Vietnam era
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1431:on 31 July 1943
1427:Re-designated:
1420:Re-designated:
1411:Established as
1408:
1348:
1291:Air War College
1223:
1158:
1156:Vietnam War era
1074:Communist China
1062:
898:
862:Spence Air Base
830:Marana Air Base
823:
809:Malden Air Base
780:Graham Air Base
767:Bartow Air Base
717:, Nevada, 1950.
703:
694:Harry S. Truman
689:Berlin Blockade
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1396:Air University
1356:Saddam Hussein
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222:Air University
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2348:
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2296:Sheppard AFB
2249:Amarillo AFB
2204:, California
2184:Lackland AFB
2166:Lackland AFB
2147:
2112:, California
2092:Williams AFB
2070:Sheppard AFB
1980:Laughlin AFB
1914:Columbus AFB
1892:Randolph AFB
1841:
1836:, Washington
1772:Randolph AFB
1745:
1727:
1712:
1697:
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1656:Randolph AFB
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1590:Gulfport AFB
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1539:Lackland AFB
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1499:Randolph AFB
1476:Headquarters
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1006:Lackland AFB
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990:Sheppard AFB
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911:F-51 Mustang
907:
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739:World War II
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713:fighters at
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309:Organization
295:
282:Nazi Germany
277:
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241:World War II
226:
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197:
195:
18:
2395:Maxwell AFB
2349:Recruiting:
2279:Keesler AFB
2264:Chanute AFB
1860:Chanute AFB
1738:Maxwell AFB
1562:Air Forces:
1450:Assignments
1376:Chanute AFB
1336:Berlin Wall
1186:Vietnam War
1050:Keesler AFB
1042:Waco, Texas
986:Keesler AFB
913:pilots for
564:), Illinois
507:), Colorado
394:), Illinois
337:, had told
320:Hobson Plan
267:Postwar era
158:Decorations
142:Nickname(s)
131:Garrison/HQ
2994:Categories
2429:References
2413:Brooks AFB
2313:, Colorado
2266:, Illinois
2202:Mather AFB
2110:Mather AFB
2026:, Oklahoma
1958:Laredo AFB
1862:, Illinois
1802:Perrin AFB
1645:Brooks AFB
1532:, Illinois
1517:Divisions:
1380:Mather AFB
1252:Mather AFB
1125:(SAC) and
731:Nellis AFB
723:Korean War
715:Nellis AFB
701:Korean War
642:Perrin AFB
581:), Arizona
411:), Wyoming
2397:, Alabama
2367:Hospital:
2311:Lowry AFB
2094:, Arizona
2024:Vance AFB
2002:Reese AFB
1938:, Alabama
1936:Craig AFB
1819:Stead AFB
1789:, Georgia
1787:Moody AFB
1740:, Alabama
1530:Scott AFB
1388:Lowry AFB
1326:, Texas.
1068:with the
955:Parks AFB
782:, Florida
769:, Florida
687:When the
490:), Nevada
272:Formation
64:1946–1993
38:Reese AFB
2630:29991467
2626:71006954
2511:20 April
2403:Schools:
2385:College:
2048:Webb AFB
1821:, Nevada
1713:Command:
1698:Service:
1598:Centers:
1340:Cold War
1174:Webb AFB
1066:Cold War
1060:Cold War
1032:and the
813:Missouri
658:Waco AFB
654:Oklahoma
650:Enid AFB
602:Training
462:), Texas
428:), Texas
360:), Texas
288:. The
239:) after
175:Insignia
150:Motto(s)
2415:, Texas
2379:, Texas
2331:, Texas
2298:, Texas
2251:, Texas
2222:, Texas
2213:, Texas
2186:, Texas
2168:, Texas
2159:Medical
2142:, Texas
2084:Later:
2072:, Texas
2062:Later:
2050:, Texas
2040:Later:
2016:Later:
2004:, Texas
1994:Later:
1982:, Texas
1972:Later:
1960:, Texas
1950:Later:
1928:Later:
1906:Later:
1894:, Texas
1804:, Texas
1774:, Texas
1683:Agency:
1669:, Texas
1658:, Texas
1647:, Texas
1626:, Texas
1615:, Texas
1583:, Texas
1574:, Texas
1556:, Texas
1541:, Texas
1406:Lineage
978:Okinawa
866:Georgia
834:Arizona
755:Georgia
339:General
262:History
208:(USAF)
137:, Texas
95:
69:Country
2624:
2359:, Ohio
2337:
2148:
1842:
1746:Wings:
1728:Corps:
1673:
1386:, and
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938:, and
892:
735:Nevada
670:Nevada
664:; and
593:
543:later
486:later
106:
87:Branch
78:
61:Active
1271:Craig
1139:Texas
1044:near
850:Texas
797:Texas
662:Texas
646:Texas
237:USAAF
2622:OCLC
2513:2014
1372:BRAC
1273:and
1267:A-10
1265:and
1263:F-16
1259:F-15
988:and
196:The
170:(9x)
123:Role
115:Type
202:ATC
145:ATC
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