The 38th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Williams Field, Arizona. There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 38th Combat Support Wing, established on 10 August 1948 at Itami Airfield, Japan, and this organization. History The wing was a World War II Command and Control organization which supported Training Command Flight Schools in the southwestern United States, primarily in New Mexico. The wing controlled fight schools primarily instructing in advanced (Phase III) two and four engine training, along with bombardier training and before June 1944, glider training. 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 fores in the zone of interior. As training requirements changed during the war, schools were activated and inactivated or transferred to meet those requirements. Lineage Established as 38th Flying Training Wing on 17 December 1942 Activated on 8 January 1943 Disbanded 16 June 1946. Assignments AAF West Coast (later, AAF Western Flying) Training Center, 8 January 1943 – 16 June 1946 Training aircraft The schools of the wing used a wide variety of planes to support its numerous training needs: The Cessna AT-17 Bobcat was the standard two-engine advanced trainer, along with the Cessna UC-78 variant of the AT-17 The North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, as well as the AT-24 Mitchell were used for two-engine bomber training and transition. Some Martin B-26 Marauders were also used for training. Four-Engine training was done with Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-24 bombers Glider/Liaison aircraft training used L-2, L-3, L-4 aircraft, as well as the TG-5, TG-6 and CG-4 gliders Assigned Schools Artesia Municipal Airport, Artesia, New Mexico AAF Contract Glider School 3d AAF Flying Training Detachment Opened: October 1942, Closed: January 1943 (L-2, L-3, L-4, TG-5, TG-6) Big Spring Flying Service (Glider pilot training); Glider school closed January 1943. Remained as auxiliary for Roswell AAF (Auxiliary Field #8); USAAF use ended in October 1945 Carlsbad Army Airfield, Carlsbad, New Mexico AAF Advanced Flying School (Bombardment) 319th Bombardier Training Group Opened: September 1942, Closed: October 1945 (AT-11) Aircraft carried fuselage code "C"; Had one auxiliary airfield, 25+ practice bombing ranges Deming Army Airfield, Deming, New Mexico AAF Advanced Flying School