The 27th Flying Training Wing was a training formation of the

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

. From 1943–45 it was assigned to

Eastern Flying Training Command Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command (EFTC) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces. It was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command, stationed at Maxwell Field, Alabama. It was inactivated on 15 December 1945. Hist ...

. In 1945–46 it was assigned to the

Western Flying Training Command Flying Division, Air Training Command, was a training formation of the United States Air Force. The unit was established in 1926 as the Air Corps Training Center to be the primary pilot training center for the Air Corps. It was reorganized int ...

, and it was disbanded on 15 December 1945 at

Randolph Field Randolph Air Force Base was an United States Air Force base located at Universal City, Texas ( east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio). Opened in 1931, Randolph has been a flying training facility for the United States Army Air Corps, the Un ...

, Texas. The wing directed flying training at Flight Schools in the Southeastern United States. While its direct superior, regional flying training command did change twice, ultimately it was part of

Army Air Forces Training Command The United States Army Air Forces during World War II 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 Corp ...

. The assigned schools provided phase II basic flying training for Air Cadets 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 forces in the

Zone of the Interior The American Theater was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending into the ocean. Owing to North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of ...

. As training requirements changed during the war, and schools were activated and inactivated or transferred to meet those requirements.Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas The schools primarily flew the Vultee BT-13 / BT-15 Valiant for basic flying instruction. In 1945, the North American AT-6 Texan was also used. Some of the schools later converted to four-engine B-24 transition and single-engine fighter transition schools The wing was disbanded in June 1946. There is no lineage link, according to official U.S. Air Force lineage rules, between the 27th Fighter Wing (now the 27th Special Operations Wing), established on 28 July 1947 at Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska, and the 27th FTW.

Lineage

* Established as 27th Flying Training Wing on 17 December 1942 : Activated on 26 December 1942 : Disbanded on 16 Jun 194627th Flying Training Wing, lineage and history document Air Force Historical Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

Assignments

* Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center, 17 December 1942 * Army Air Forces

, 15 September 1943 * Army Air Forces Western Flying Training Command, 15 December 1945

Components

;

Bainbridge Army Airfield Bainbridge Air Base is a closed United States Air Force base. It was inactivated on 31 March 1961. History Following entry of the United States into World War II, the Chief of the Army Air Corps directed the Air Corps Flying Training Command ...

, Bainbridge, Georgia : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 15th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: May 1941, Closed: November 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Later Bainbridge Air Base 1951–1961 ; Bush Field, Augusta, Georgia : AAF Contract Pilot School (Basic) : 72d Army Air Force Flight Training Detachment (Basic) : Opened: June 1941, Closed: August 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Operated by: Georgia Aero Tech ;

Cochran Army Airfield Middle Georgia Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) south of the central business district of Macon, a city in Bibb County, Georgia, United States. It is mostly used ...

, Macon, Georgia : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 9th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: May 1941, Closed: April 1945 (BT-13, BT-15) : Also trained RAF pilots; Began using AT-6s for basic flying, June 1944 closed July 1945 ; Courtland Army Airfield, Courtland, Alabama : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 13th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: February 1943, Closed: August 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Became B-24 Liberator four-engine transition school, September 1944, ;

Greenville Army Airfield Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina. It was founded in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base; it was deactivated in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport. I ...

, Greenville, Mississippi : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 6th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: December 1941, Closed: April 1945 (BT-13, BT-15) : Later Greenville Air Force Base 1950-1960 ;

Greenwood Army Airfield Green wood is unseasoned wood. Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to: People * Greenwood (surname) Settlements Australia * Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region * Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ...

, Greenwood, Mississippi : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 7th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: January 1943, Closed: October 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Became advanced single-engine transition school (P-47, P-51, P-63), January 1945; Closed October 1945 ; Newport Army Airfield, Newport, Arkansas : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 14th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: December 1942, Closed: June 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Later became Marine Corps Air Facility Newport ; Shaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : Opened: December 1941, Closed: December 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Began flying AT-10 two-engine trainers, February 1944; became advanced single-engine transition school (P-47, P-51, P-63), May 1945; Remained open after the war, now USAF Shaw Air Force Base ; Walnut Ridge Army Airfield, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas : AAF Pilot School (Basic) : 11th Basic Flying Training Group : Opened: September 1942, Closed: September 1944 (BT-13, BT-15) : Became RFC Walnut Ridge after war ended, disposal site for surplus aircraft

Stations

* Cochran Army Airfield, Georgia, 17 December 1942 – 15 December 1945 *

, Texas, 16 December 1945 – 16 June 1946

References

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