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US Army Air Corps shoulder sleeve insigne. In 1948, the United States Air Force reorganized its wings under the Wing Base Reorganization. In this reorganization, a wing commanded a single combat group, along with the medical, maintenance, and support elements associated with the combat group.
On 18 February, this office was formally organized as a unit, the California Sector, Ferrying Command and Ferrying Command's Domestic Division became the Domestic Wing, Air Corps Ferrying Command. [1] In April 1942, the group was assigned its first operational units, the 1st, 9th and 14th Air Corps Ferry Squadrons. [3]
SOURCES: Maurer Maurer, Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919–1939 (Appendix 5), and Air Force Combat Units of World War II, both USAF Historical Research Center. This list of units is a snapshot of the Air Corps on the date of activation of the General Headquarters Air Force.
Department of the Air Force Historical Research Agency; Motto "Preserving the Past. Informing the Present and Future." Mission: The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) preserves Department of the Air Force (DAF) history and provides information and analyses to support official customers and the general public in a variety of venues and formats.
The Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command (AAF PGC) was the primary testing command of the United States Army Air Forces (1946-47), and then the United States Air Force (1947-57). In March 1946, the Army Air Forces Center was redesignated the AAF PGC, adding the responsibilities of a similarly named organization in June, when it moved to Eglin ...
"Review: The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol I". Political Science Quarterly. 64 (2). The Academy of Political Science: 292– 295. doi:10.2307/2144236. JSTOR 2144236. Knappen, Marshall (December 1949). "Reviews of Books: The Army Air Force in World War II. Vols. I and II". The Journal of Modern History. 22 (2). University of Chicago Press.
The 99th Flying Training Squadron (99 FTS) is a training squadron of the United States Air Force, part of the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) based at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Operating Raytheon T-1A Jayhawks , the squadron prepares prospective flight instructors to teach undergraduate pilots and combat systems officers at various ...
The 1st Proving Ground Group is a disbanded United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last active with the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command, based at Eglin Field, Florida, where it was disbanded on 1 April 1944. The unit's personnel/equipment/mission was taken over by the 610th Army Air Forces Base Unit (AAF Base Unit) and 611th AAF Base ...