- Nellis Air Force Base
- 30th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- 100th Air Refueling Wing
- 74th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- Army Air Forces Training Command
- Randolph Air Force Base
- 76th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- 29th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- Osan Air Base
- Kirtland Air Force Base
- Spangdahlem Air Base
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The s=30th" target="_blank">30th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing was a s=training" target="_blank">training s=wing" target="_blank">wing of the United States Army Air Forces. This s=wing" target="_blank">wing oversaw multiple "advanced" flight schools that trained multi-engine bomber pilots for World War 2. It was last assigned to the s=flying" target="_blank">Flying Division, Air s=training" target="_blank">Training Command, and was disbanded on 13 October 1946 at Randolph Field, Texas.
History
The s=wing" target="_blank">wing was a World War II command and control organization which supported s=training" target="_blank">Training Command flight schools in the Lower Great Lakes and Southeastern United States. The assigned schools provided phase III advanced two-engine s=flying" target="_blank">flying s=training" target="_blank">training for air cadets, along with advanced B-24 Invader and B-25 Mitchell transition s=training" target="_blank">training for experienced pilots for reassignment to other s=flying" target="_blank">flying units. Single-engine transition s=training" target="_blank">training was also instructed. Air cadet graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as second lieutenants, received their Aircrew Badge ("wings") and were reassigned to operational or replacement s=training" target="_blank">training units operated by one of the four numbered air fores in the zone of interior.
As s=training" target="_blank">training requirements changed during the war, schools were activated and inactivated or transferred to meet those requirements.
= Lineage
=Established as s=30th" target="_blank">30th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing on 17 December 1942
Activated on 26 December 1942
Disbanded on 13 October 1946.
= Assignments
=Army Air Forces Southeast s=training" target="_blank">Training Center, 26 December 1942
Army Air Forces Eastern s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training Command, 15 September 1943
Army Air Forces Western s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training Command, 15 December 1945
Army Air Forces s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training Command, 1 January 1946
s=flying" target="_blank">Flying Division, Air s=training" target="_blank">Training Command, 1 July-13 October 1946.
= s=training" target="_blank">Training aircraft
=The two-engine advanced s=flying" target="_blank">flying schools flew several trainers, designed for different tactical aircraft
Cessna AT-17 Bobcat (Also known as AT-8) - used for transport pilot s=training" target="_blank">training
Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep - used to simulate P-38 Lightning two-engine fighters, notoriously difficult to fly or land
Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita - used for bomber pilot s=training" target="_blank">training
North American AT-6 Texan
= Assigned pilot schools
== Stations
=Jackson Army Airbase, Jackson, Mississippi, 26 December 1942
Columbus Army Airfield, Columbus, Mississippi, 15 September 1943
Turner Army Airfield, Georgia, 13 September 1944
Randolph Field, Universal City, Texas, 31 Jul – 13 Oct 1946.
See also
Army Air Forces s=training" target="_blank">Training Command
Other Eastern s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training Command Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training Wings:
27th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Basic Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training
28th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Advanced Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training, Single Engine
29th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Primary Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training
74th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Classification/Preflight/Specialized/Navigation
75th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Gunnery
76th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Specialized Four-Engine s=training" target="_blank">Training
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency