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Flight Cadets Marching along Flight Line in front of their Fairchild PT-19 trainers at Sequoia Field in California in 1943. Richard Bong, the United States' highest-scoring air ace in World War II, learned to fly at Sequoia Field in 1942. In April 1939, Congress authorized $300 million for the Air Corps to procure and maintain 6,000 aircraft.
Rominger, Donald W. (Winter 1985). "From Playing Field to Battleground: The United States Navy V-5 Preflight Program in World War II". Journal of Sport History. 12 (3). University of Illinois Press. S2CID 113121912. The Navy College Training Program V-12: Curricula Schedules, Course Descriptions. Training Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel, U ...
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Indiana for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.. Most of these airfields were under the command of the First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC), a predecessor of the current Air Education and Training Command of the United States Air Force.
The first flying cadets, who had just graduated from AAFTC advanced single-engine schools arrived on 2 March were formed as class 43-D. Night training commenced on 5 April. The first class was graduated on 29 April and the graduated went on to fly multi-engine aircraft such as the B-24 Liberator , B-17 Flying Fortress , B-29 Superfortress , and ...
The grade of Aviation Cadet was created for pilot candidates and the program was renamed the Aviation Cadet Training Program (AvCad). Cadets were paid $75 a month ($50 base pay + $25 "flight pay") – the same rate as Army Air Corps privates with flight status [13]: 31 – and a uniform allowance of $150. As junior officers, cadets were ...
In January 1941 the U.S. War Department issued orders to consider potential sites for a new U.S. Army training center in Indiana.After the Hurd Engineering Company surveyed an estimated 50,000 acres (200 km 2), an area was selected for the camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Indianapolis, 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh.
During the advent of World War II, the U.S. Navy turned to liberal arts colleges to provide a basic education for their recruits. [1] Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 individuals were enrolled in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which was offered in 131 colleges and universities throughout the United States.
The United States Navy Reserve Midshipmen's School was an expedited auxiliary naval officer training program instituted in June 1940. [1] Its goal was to train a planned 36,000 Naval Reserve officers for commands in the vastly-expanding U.S. Navy fleet being built up in preparation for the United States' entry into World War II.