History
Air Training Command's official organs begin with its establishment on 23 January 1941 as the Air Corps Flying Training Command to supervise the three regional Air Corps Training Centers organized in July 1940 and headquartered at Moffet Field, California; Randolph Field, Texas; and Maxwell Field, Alabama. The need for trained ground crews prompted the formation, on 26 March 1941, of the AAF Technical Training Command, which in February 1942 expanded its functions by hastily setting up officer candidate schools to relieve the acute shortage of AAF administrative officers. In 1943 the flying and technical training programs were consolidated under the AAF Training Command, established on 7 July 1943 with headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas.
Six subordinate commands were designated 31 July 1943 and assigned to the AAF Training Command: the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command (formerly the Southeast Air Corps Training Center); the AAF Central Flying Training Command (formerly the Gulf Coast ACTC); the AAF Western Flying Training Command (formerly the West Coast ACTC); the AAF Eastern Technical Training Command; the AAF Central Technical Training Command; and the AAF Western Technical Training Command. The Central Technical Training Command was absorbed into the Eastern Technical Training Command on 1 March 1944.
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