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After the end of World War II, Bishop AAF was turned over to Air Technical Service Command as a storage airfield. On 2 May 1949, the Army cancelled its initial lease of 897.22 acres (363.09 ha) with Inyo County for Bishop Airport under the War Assets Administration's Peacetime Reduction Mission, and the base was declared excess to requirements ...
The 36th Operations Group (36 OG) is the operational component of the 36th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces. The group is stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The group's World War II predecessor unit, the 36th Fighter Group was a prewar unit deployed to the European Theater and assigned to Ninth Air Force.
Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield. Santa Ana Army Air Base, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Santa Ana; 414th Army Air Force Base Unit Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Orange County Army Airfield Now: John Wayne Airport (IATA: SNA, ICAO: KSNA, FAA LID: SNA) Minter Field Army Airfield, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Bakersfield; 64th Army Air Force Base Unit
The other bases in the quad were Midland Army Airfield, San Angelo Army Airfield and Big Spring Army Airfield. Training was performed with the Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan. In addition, navigation training was added on 4 June 1943. Units assigned to the base were: [3] Army Air Forces Bombardier School; Student Training Squadron 4 Student Training ...
The Bombing and Gunnery Range Detachment was "the first organization to arrive at what [became] the Tonopah Army Air Field" after activating "1 July 1942 at Muroc Lake, California" (the commander, Lt. Col. F.D. Gore arrived 2 July.) [13] Ready for occupancy in July, the airbase included runways, barracks, mess halls and a hospital when finally occupied and when opened, was a sub-base of March ...
The 36th Flying Training Wing was a wing of the United States Army Air Forces. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 1 November 1945 at Santa Ana Army Air Base, California. The wing directed flying training units of the Army Air Forces Training Command.
The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence is the United States Army Aviation Branch's headquarters, and its training and development center, located at Fort Novosel, Alabama. The Aviation Center of Excellence coordinates and deploys aviation operations and trains aviation officers in a variety of topics, including classroom navigation ...
In 1943, it was expanded to become AAF Basic Training Center No. 10, welcoming nearly 90,000 men [2] into the United States Army Air Forces to undergo basic military training (BMT). Transferred to the Army Personnel Distribution Center in June 1944, the Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot (ORD), arranged the deployment of over 150,000 airmen ...