Central Flying 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)


 * San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center (Preflight), San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas


 * 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


 * 78th Flying Training Wing (Preflight), San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, 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


 * 80th Flying Training Wing (Navigation & Glider), San Marcos Army Air Field, Texas
 * AAF Navigator School, Hondo Army Air Field, Texas


 * 34th Flying Training Wing (Bomber and Specialized 2/4-Engine), San Angelo 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