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in May 1940, the United States began rapidly expanding its military forces, and with the large numbers of men entering the military, the training requirements of the Air Corps were drastically expanded.
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225:: Ground training for all air cadets. Successful completion meant being assigned to a flying school for training. "Washouts" were returned to the regular Air Corps ranks for reassignment.
243:: Single or multi-engine aircraft schools for cadets becoming fighter, bomber or transport pilots. After graduation, the successful Air Cadet received his "wings" and were commissioned
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to provide organizational command and control over them, based on both training types and geography. The schools operated by EFTC part of the
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Southwestern United States, and established several
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As a result, the centralized training of aircrew was divided into three Training Centers, the Eastern,
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were used for high performance two-engine training in perpetration for
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were trained in flying skills. EFTC also operated aircrew schools for
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528:, Florida, 25 August 1943 – 16 June 1946
513:75th Flying Training Wing (World War II)
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359:Basic Flight Training
257:Free French Air Force
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609:North American AT-6
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