Opened: June 1941, Closed: June 1944 (BT-13) Aircraft carried Fuselage Code "L" Basic Flying School closed June 1944; Two-Engine Flying School opened June 1944 (AT-6, AT-17, UC-78. B-25), closed December 1945. Palo Alto Airport, King City, California 3d Flying Training Detachment Opened: March 1941, Closed: October 1944 (PT-13, PT-17, PT-22) transferred to Navy April 1945 Rankin Field, Tulare, California AAF Contract Pilot School (Primary) 4th Flying Training Detachment Opened: March 1941, Closed: October 1944 (PT-13, PT-17) Operated by: Rankin Aeronautical Academy Sequoia Field, Visalia, California AAF Contract Pilot School (Primary) 8th Flying Training Detachment Opened: September 1941, Closed: September 1944 (PT-13, PT-17, PT-22) Also known as Visalia Army Airfield; Operated by: Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics; primary flight school closed September 1944, transferred to IV Fighter Command and became P-61 Black Widow Replacement Training Unit Stockton Field, Stockton, California AAF Advanced Flying School, Single-Engine AAF Basic Flying School AAF Advanced Flying School, Two-Engine 316th Two-Engine Flying Training Group Opened: December 1940, Closed: December 1942 (AT-6) Aircraft carried Fuselage Code "M"; Opened initially as single engine school; May 1942 added Basic School (BT-15) two-engine school opened November 1943 (AT-9, AT-17, UC-78); closed February 1945; Transferred to Air Transport Command as a C-47 training base, March 1945; closed January 1946. Victorville Army Airfield, Victoville, California AAF Advanced Flying School (Bombardment) AAF Advanced Flying School, Specialized Single-Engine AAF Advanced Flying School, Specialized Two/Four-Engine Transition AAF Glider Flying School 98th Basic Flying Training Group Opened: February 1942, Closed: August 1945 (AT-6, AT-9, AT-11, AT-17, BT-13, B-24, CG-4, C-47) Aircraft carried Fuselage Code "V"; had at least four auxiliary airfields; remained open after the war ended, became George Air Force Base; closed 1992 Stations Merced Army Airfield California, 8 January 1943 Minter Field, California, 11 September 1943 – 16 June 1946 See also Army Air Forces Training Command Other Training Command Basic Flight Training Wings: 29th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Eastern Flying Training Command 32d Flying Training Wing (World War II) Central Flying Training Command Other Western Flying Training Command Flight Training Wings: 36th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Primary Flight Training 37th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Basic/Advanced Flight Training (Arizona) 38th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Bombardier and Specialized 2/4-Engine Training 81st Flying Training Wing (World War II) Classification/Preflight Unit References Training wings of the United States Army Air Forces Military units and formations established in the 1940s