Air Force Base Garden City Army Airfield, Garden City, Kansas AAF Pilot School (Basic) 49th Basic Flying Training Group Opened: December 1942, Closed: December 1944 (BT-13) Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas AAF Pilot School (Basic) 53d Basic Flying Training Group Opened: May 1941, Closed: December 1944 (BT-13, BT-14) Added advanced single-engine school (AT-6) January 1945; Remained open as a permanent training airfield after war ended, now Goodfellow Air Force Base Independence Army Airfield, Independence, Kansas AAF Pilot School (Basic) Opened: January 1942, Closed: January 1945 (BT-14, BT-15) Aircraft Fuselage Code: "S" Malden Army Airfield, Malden, Missouri AAF Pilot School (Basic) Opened: March 1943, Closed: May 1945 (BT-13) Aircraft Fuselage Code: "ML"; Basic flying school closed January 1945; became glider training school under I Troop Carrier Command, closed September 1945. Majors Army Airfield, Greenville, Texas AAF Pilot School (Basic) 50th Basic Flying Training Group Opened: August 1942, Closed: November 1944 (BT-13) Basic flying school closed November 1944; reassigned to II Fighter Command and became P-47 Replacement Training Unit; Airfield closed July 1945 Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas AAF Pilot School (Basic) 53d Basic Flying Training Group Opened: January 1942, Closed: January 1944 (BT-13) Aircraft Fuselage Code: "N"; Basic flying school closed March 1945; became advanced single-engine school (AT-6); Remained open as a permanent training airfield after war ended as Perrin Air Force Base, Closed 1971. Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas AAF Pilot School (Basic) Airfield opened 1931 as primary Air Corps Basic Flying training school. Wartime Basic school operated BT-9 and BT-14s, closed April 1944, became Advanced school with AT-6s Basic aircraft Fuselage Code: "C"; Remained open as a permanent training airfield after war ended; now Randolph Air Force Base Strother Army Airfield, Winfield, Kansas AAF Pilot School (Basic) Opened: November 1942, Closed: May 1944 (BT-13) Aircraft Fuselage Code: "K" (Used as a suffix); Basic flying school closed May 1944; reassigned to II Fighter Command and became P-47 Replacement Training Unit; Airfield closed August 1945 Waco Army Airfield, Waco, Texas AAF Pilot School (Basic) 54th Basic Flying Training Group Opened: April 1942, Closed: September 1944 (BT-13) Basic flying school closed September 1944; Became advanced single-engine (AT-6), also twin-engine (UC-78) school, airfield closed September 1945; later reopened 1948 as Connally Air Force Base, closed 1969 Stations Perrin Field, Texas, 16 January 1943 Randolph Field, Texas Temporary assignment 31 Oct 1945, became permanent station on 5 August-13 October 1946 See also Army Air Forces