38th Flying Training Wing (World War II)
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Locations of airfields controlled by the 38th 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 | Army Air Forces Training Command |
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The 38th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Williams Field, Arizona.
There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 38th Combat Support Wing, established on 10 August 1948 at Itami Airfield, Japan, and this organization.
The wing was a World War II Command and Control organization which supported Training Command Flight Schools in the southwestern United States, primarily in New Mexico. The wing controlled fight schools primarily instructing in advanced (Phase III) two and four engine training, along with bombardier training and before June 1944, glider training. 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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