- 38th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- 100th Air Refueling Wing
- 36th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- 75th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
- Kirtland Air Force Base
- Keesler Air Force Base
- Army Air Forces Training Command
- Kadena Air Base
- Spangdahlem Air Base
- 35th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
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The s=38th" target="_blank">38th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Western s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Williams Field, Arizona.
There is no lineage between the United States Air Force s=38th" target="_blank">38th Combat Support s=wing" target="_blank">Wing, established on 10 August 1948 at Itami Airfield, Japan, and this organization.
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 southwestern United States, primarily in New Mexico. The s=wing" target="_blank">wing controlled fight schools primarily instructing in advanced (Phase III) two and four engine s=training" target="_blank">training, along with bombardier s=training" target="_blank">training and before June 1944, glider s=training" target="_blank">training. Graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as Second Lieutenants, received their "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=38th" target="_blank">38th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing on 17 December 1942
Activated on 8 January 1943
Disbanded 16 June 1946.
= Assignments
=AAF West Coast (later, AAF Western s=flying" target="_blank">Flying) s=training" target="_blank">Training Center, 8 January 1943 – 16 June 1946
= s=training" target="_blank">Training aircraft
=The schools of the s=wing" target="_blank">wing used a wide variety of planes to support its numerous s=training" target="_blank">training needs:
The Cessna AT-17 Bobcat was the standard two-engine advanced trainer, along with the Cessna UC-78 variant of the AT-17
The North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, as well as the AT-24 Mitchell were used for two-engine bomber s=training" target="_blank">training and transition. Some Martin B-26 Marauders were also used for s=training" target="_blank">training.
Four-Engine s=training" target="_blank">training was done with Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-24 bombers
Glider/Liaison aircraft s=training" target="_blank">training used L-2, L-3, L-4 aircraft, as well as the TG-5, TG-6 and CG-4 gliders
= Assigned Schools
== Stations
=Roswell Army Airfield, New Mexico, 8 January 1943
Kirtland Field, New Mexico, 10 September 1943
Williams Field, Arizona, 26 February 1945 – 16 June 1946.
See also
Army Air Forces s=training" target="_blank">Training Command
Other Western s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training Command Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training Wings:
35th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Basic/Advanced Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training (California)
36th 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
37th s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Basic/Advanced Flight s=training" target="_blank">Training (Arizona)
81st s=flying" target="_blank">Flying s=training" target="_blank">Training s=wing" target="_blank">Wing (World War II) Classification/Preflight Unit
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency