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  2. Aviation Cadet Training Program (USAAF) - Wikipedia

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    The last Aviation Cadet pilot classes were Webb AFB class 61G and Reese AFB class 62A. The last Aviation Cadet pilot to graduate was 2nd Lieutenant William F. Wesson, the only member of Reese AFB class 62B-2, on 11 October 1961. Wesson was originally a member of class 62A but was injured during a training accident and had to recover and ...

  3. Aviation Cadet Training Program (USN) - Wikipedia

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    He later became a NACA test pilot, a NASA astronaut, and was the first man to walk on the Moon on 20 July 1969. Although he finished his education at United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1952, Jim Lovell began as a midshipman cadet at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1946.

  4. United States Army Air Forces Contract Flying School Airfields

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    Each of the nine Contract Pilot Schools (CPS) were requested to open an additional school to accommodate this increase. In August 1940, the rate of pilot training was ordered increased to 12,000 per year. [2] All civil flying instructors had to be certified by the CAA, as well as the ground school instructors and aircraft mechanics.

  5. District of Columbia National Guard - Wikipedia

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    The first unit destined to become a permanent part of the D.C. Guard, however, was the Washington Cadet Corps, established June 12, 1880, as a single company ("Company A"), and expanded in October 1884 as a three-company battalion, reaching its full four-company strength in 1885. [15]

  6. National Cadet Special Activities - Wikipedia

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    National Cadet Special Activities (NCSA) are Cadet Programs conducted by the Civil Air Patrol. NCSAs are designed to give cadets direct hands on experience with various aspects of the Civil Air Patrol program and provide meaningful insight into several aviation-related careers.

  7. District of Columbia Air National Guard - Wikipedia

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    On February 1, 1952, the 8205th Air Base Squadron was activated as part of the DC ANG. The unit's mission was to receive, maintain, and store equipment as well as provide trained personnel for the soon-to-be formed 231st Airways and Air Communications Squadron (Mobile) (which was to be stationed at Camp Simms, Washington, DC).

  8. Civilian Pilot Training Program - Wikipedia

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    Student fliers with Piper J-3s under the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Congressional Airport. Rockville, Maryland. The Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) was a flight training program (1938–1944) sponsored by the United States government with the stated purpose of increasing the number of civilian pilots, though having a clear impact on military preparedness.

  9. Flight cadet - Wikipedia

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    During America's involvement in World War II (1942–1945), the rank of flight cadet was changed to that of aviation cadet, often abbreviated as A/C, and the program name was changed to the "Aviation Cadet Training Program". From 1947, this program was run by the now separate US Air Force. The pilot cadet program ended in 1961, but the ...