Central Flying Training Command
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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.
On 31 July 1943, was redesignated as the Central Flying Training Command when Army Air Forces Training Command consolidated technical and flying training under one major command.
After the end of World War II, was enlarged on 1 November 1945, absorbing the resources of the Western Flying Training Command, being itself redesignated as Western Flying Training Command; on 15 December 1945 absorbing the resources of 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 redesigned as the Flying Training Division of the new Air Training Command, established as part of the postwar reorganization of the Army Air Force. Inactivated on 14 November 1949 when Air Training Command absorbed its subordinate Divisions into its command organization due to budget reductions.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. It was assigned to the Air Training Command
Air Training Command
Air Training Command is a former major command of the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force. ATC came into being as a redesignation of the Army Air Forces Training Command on July 1, 1946...
, stationed at Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located east-northeast of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 902d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. It was inactivated on 14 November 1949.
History
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, was redesignated as the Central Flying Training Command when Army Air Forces Training Command consolidated technical and flying training under one major command.
After the end of World War II, was enlarged on 1 November 1945, absorbing the resources of the Western Flying Training Command, being itself redesignated as Western Flying Training Command; on 15 December 1945 absorbing the resources of 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 redesigned as the Flying Training Division of the new Air Training Command, established as part of the postwar reorganization of the Army Air Force. 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
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- Transferred to Midland Field, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, 1 July 1945
- Transferred to Midland Field, Texas
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