a technical training center with closed runways that, like the previously closed Chanute AFB, no longer conducted flight operations but conducted both non-flying officer and enlisted technical training, was added to the list of AETC bases closed by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) in the mid-1990s. This was followed by the BRAC mandated closure of Reese AFB, Texas, an Undergraduate Pilot Training base, in 1995. The transition to SUPT was completed in 1996, the delivery of the first JPATS aircraft in 1999, and the discontinuation of the controversial T-3 as an initial flight screening aircraft in 2000 following a higher than average fatal mishap record. In response to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, AETC went on a war footing, activating a Crisis Action Team and supplying both fighters and tankers from its wings for combat air patrols in American airspace as part of Operation Noble Eagle. An operational test and evaluation of JPATS began in 2002 at Moody AFB and upgrades to its Training Integration Management System (TIMS) were begun the next year, resulting in retirement of the T-37 Tweet and full implementation of JPATS with the T-6 Texan II in 2007. List of Commanders Lineage Established as Air Corps Flying Training Command on 23 January 1942 Redesignated as Army Air Forces Flying Training Command on or about 15 March 1942 Redesignated as Army Air Forces Training Command on 31 July 1943 Redesignated as Air Training Command (ATC) on 1 July 1946 Redesignated as Air Education and Training Command (AETC) on 1 July 1993 See also AETC Studies and Analysis U.S. Armed Forces training and education commands Army Training and Doctrine Command Marine Corps Training and Education Command Naval Education and Training Command Space Training and Readiness Command Bibliography References Sources Much of this text in an early version of this article was taken from pages on the Air Education and Training Command, website, which as a work of the U.S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource. External links Air Education and Training Command Website Air Force Recruiting website Education and Training Command Major commands of the United States Air Force Joint Base San Antonio Military units and formations in Texas 1942 establishments in Texas