37th Flying Training Wing (World War II)
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Locations of airfields controlled by the 37th Flying Training Wing
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| Active | 1942-1946 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army Air Forces
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| Type | Command and Control |
| Role | Training |
| Part of | Western Flying Training Command |
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The 37th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Luke Field, Arizona.
There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 37th Training Wing, established on 22 December 1939 as the 37th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) at Albrook Army Airfield, Panama Canal Zone, and this organization.
The wing directed Training Command Flight Schools in Arizona. Most the assigned schools provided phase II basic and phase II advanced flying training for Air Cadets, although the wing also commanded both contract basic (phase I) and Army schools. Graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as Second Lieutenants, received their "wings" and were reassigned to Operational or Replacement Training Units operated by one of the four numbered air fores in the zone of interior.
As training requirements changed during the war, schools were activated and inactivated or transferred to meet those requirements.
The schools of the wing used a wide variety of planes to support its numerous training needs:
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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