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2. Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base - Wikipedia

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   Albert Thomas, one of Houston's representatives in the United States House of Representatives, pushed for rebuilding Ellington as a pilot training center. Beyond the area's excellent weather for flying, Thomas argued that the Houston area's petroleum refineries, upon which the war effort depended, would need military protection in the region. [7]

3. Avenger Field - Wikipedia

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   Avenger Field WASPs and training aircraft. At this time, Jacqueline Cochran was making plans for a training program for women pilots to participate in the war effort. Working with the Army Air Forces, she established a training facility at the Howard Hughes field in Houston, Texas, for Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs as it was known.

4. List of United States Air Force training squadrons - Wikipedia

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   C-17A Globemaster III, Boeing KC-46A Pegasus & KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew training 311th Training Squadron: Presidio of Monterey: Eagles: Language Training 312th Training Squadron: Goodfellow AFB: Firedawgs: Technical Training 313th Training Squadron: Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center: Nighthawks: Technical Training 314th Training ...

5. Euro-NATO pilot training program and SAFB wing talk strategy

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   Leadership from the 80th Flying Training Wing and Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training gathered Wednesday for strategic planning at MSU Texas, according to a media release.

6. Texas World War II Army airfields - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training. By the end of the war, 65 Army airfields were built in the state. [1]

7. Randolph Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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   Even though basic training transferred from Goodfellow Field in February 1946, the Army Air Forces suspended all pilot training when it found itself with a shortfall of maintenance personnel. The U.S. Air Force became a separate service on 18 September 1947, and Randolph Field was officially renamed Randolph Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.