Army Air Forces Training Command

<p>The <a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Air_Forces/0mtva6Cw">United States Army Air Forces</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> had major subordinate Commands below the Air Staff level. These Commands were organized along functional missions. One such Command was the Flying Training Command (FTC). It began as Air Corps Flying Training Command on 23 January 1942, was redesignated Army Air Forces Flying Training Command (AAFTC) on 15 March 1942, and merged with Army Air Forces Technical Training Command to become Army Air Forces Training Command on 31 July 1943.   Continuing service after the war, it was redesignated Air Training Command on 1 July 1946.  During the consolidation of Air Force Major Commands in the retrenchment of the 1990s, Air Training Command assumed control of Air University and became Air Education and Training Command on 1 July 1993—today's Air Education and Training Command (AETC), which celebrated its 75th anniversary 23 January 2017.
see the Lineage and honors statement for AETC.
</p><p>Army Air Forces Flying Training Command's mission was conducting the flying program for new Army pilot candidates and air cadets.
The program was divided in to stages including primary, advanced and specific classification such as pursuit, twin engine and multi-engine. These phases were prelude to Operational or Replacement training or crew training.
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Army Air Forces Training Command