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1929 Stratford, Connecticut Shortly afterward became Curtiss-Wright Flying School. The historic Curtis Hangar still stands. Howard Hughes and Charles Lindbergh once frequented the hangar. Amelia Earhart kept a plane there. It was home to the prototype for the Vought F4U Corsair Lindbergh was a Corsair test pilot.
The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 9th Operations Group, Beale Air Force Base, California. The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron is the United States military's oldest flying unit, first established on 5 March 1913. The squadron has maintained an unbroken heritage of over a century from its founding.
Re-designated: 4th Aviation School Squadron, May 1917 Re-organized as 16th Aero Squadron (II) in May 1917 Re-designated: 21st Aero Squadron, June 1917 at Scott Field, Illinois AEF: 23 January 1918 – 6 April 1919 AEF: Flying School Squadron, Third Air Instructional Center, Issoudun Aerodrome, France Demobilized: 14 April 1919
411th Flight Test Squadron: Air Force Materiel Command: Air Force Test Center: 412 TW: 10 March 1989 Edwards AFB, California [615] F-22A [616] ED: 413th Flight Test Squadron: Air Force Materiel Command: Air Force Test Center: 96 TW: 15 July 1942 Hurlburt Field, Florida [617] MH-139A [618] 415th Flight Test Flight: Air Force Reserve Command ...
3043d Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944 Lancaster Airport, California Operated by: Polaris Flight Academy [8] British Flight Training School No. 3 [11] 322d Flying Training Detachment (31st FTW) 2565th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944
Pre-Flight weeded out unfit applicants and sorted candidates into pilot, navigator, and other aircrew categories. Pilots. Primary Training had pilots fly T-6 Texans for about 130 hours, soloing for 20 to 25 hours. In the mid-1950s, the T-6 was replaced by the T-34A Mentor. Basic Training had pilots fly T-28 Trojans for 55 hours.
Army Air Forces Basic Flying School / Army Air Force Pilot School, Basic, 24 March 1942–25 April 1944 10th Base Headquarters an Air Base Squadron, 12 July 1942–25 April 1944 433rd Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Fighter), 25 April 1944–31 October 1945 Now: Chico Municipal Airport (IATA: CIC, ICAO: KCIC, FAA LID: CIC)
Then, on 12 September 1944, HQ AAF directed Training Command to establish B-29 schools for the transition of crews consisting of pilots, copilots, and flight engineers. By late September, plans called for five schools to provide transition training in very heavy bombers, including a school for the T B-32 Dominator at Fort Worth, Texas .