West Coast Air Corps Training Center

Western Flying Training Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command, stationed at Santa Ana Army Air Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 November 1945.

History
Established on 8 July 1940 when the United States Army Air Corps redesignated its training center at Santa Ana Army Air Base, California as the West Coast Air Corps Training Center. The West Coast Air Corps Training Center at Santa Ana handled flying training (basic, primary and advanced) at airfields in the Western United States.

On 31 July 1943, was redesignated as the Western Flying Training Command. Inactivated on 1 November 1945, being consolidated into Central Flying Training Command at Randolph Field, Texas.

Lineage

 * Established as West Coast Air Corps Training Center on 8 July 1940
 * Redesignated: Western Flying Training Command, 31 July 1943
 * Inactivated on 1 November 1945

Major components
(Does not include axillary and emergency landing fields)


 * 36th Flying Training Wing (Primary), Santa Anna Field, California
 * Reassigned 8 Jan 1943 to Victorville Field, California
 * Controlled all USAAF Contract Flying School Airfields under WFTC for primary flight training.


 * 37th Flying Training Wing (Advanced, Single-Engine), Luke Field, Arizona
 * 943d/944th/945th/946th School Squadron (Special, Target Tow), Ajo Field, Arizona
 * 43d Pilot Training Group (Advanced, Single-Engine), Yuma Field, Arizona
 * 3029th Pilot Training School (Advanced, Single-Engine), Datelan Field, Arizona
 * Later moved to Gila Bend Field, Arizona
 * AAF Flying Training School (Advanced, Single Engine) Las Vegas Field, Nevada


 * 38th Flying Training Wing (Bomber and Specialized 2/4-Engine), Kirtland Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Hobbs Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Wink Field, Texas
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Four-Engine), Roswell Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Fort Sumner Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), La Junta Field, Colorado
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Marfa Field, Texas
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Specialized, Advanced Twin-Engine), Pecos Field, Texas
 * AAF Bombardier School, Carlsbad Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Bombardier School, Roswell Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Bombardier School, Deming Field, New Mexico
 * AAF Bombardier School, Childress Field, Texas
 * AAF Bombardier School, Kirtland Field, New Mexico


 * 81st Flying Training Wing (Preflight); HQ WFTC, Santa Ana Army Air Base, California


 * 35th Flying Training Wing (Basic), Minter Field, California
 * 3024th Pilot Training Group, Marana Field, Arizona
 * AAF Flying Training School (Basic) Merced Field, California
 * AAF Flying Training School (Basic) Chico Field, California
 * AAF Flying Training School (Basic) Gardner Field, California
 * AAF Flying Training School (Basic) Lemoore Field, California


 * 82d Flying Training Wing (Flexible Gunnery), Las Vegas Field, Nevada
 * 328th Flexible Gunnery Training Group, Kingman Field, Arizona
 * 329th Flexible Gunnery Training Group, Yucca Field, Arizona
 * AAF Air Gunnery School, Williams Field, Arizona
 * AAF Air Gunnery School, Yuma Field, Arizona
 * AAF Air Gunnery School, Indian Springs Field, Nevada
 * AAF Air Gunnery School (Twin Engine), Datelan Field, Arizona


 * 83d Flying Training Wing (Advanced, Twin-Engine), Douglas Field, Arizona
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Victorville Field, California
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Williams Field, Arizona
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Coolidge Field, Arizona
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Hereford Field, Arizona
 * AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin-Engine), Mather Field, California
 * AAF Bombardier School, Victorville Field, California
 * AAF Bombardier School, Williams Field, Arizona
 * AAF Navigation School, Mather Field, California