the AAF was finding that standard military units like these groups, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization not well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, it adopted a more functional system in the spring of 1944 in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit. In preparation for this reorganization, the 9th Bombardment Group moved to Nebraska, where it was reassigned to Second Air Force to become a Boeing B-29 Superfortress unit. The 50th Fighter Group began to concentrate on training in preparation for deployment to the European Theater of Operations in March 1944, the 481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group continued its mission, but transferred to Fourth Air Force in California in January 1944. The transition to the new organization took place on 14 April 1944. With a ground school at Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, presenting a two-week academic course, AAFSAT also taught a two-week field course utilizing eleven training airfields in Florida representing all conditions likely to be found in combat, from bare fields to prepared bomber air bases having runways. Components Groups 9th Bombardment Group 1st Bombardment Squadron (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) Orlando Army Air Base, 31 October-15 December 1942;25 February-3 March 1944 Brooksville Army Air Field, 15 December 1942 – 25 February 1944 5th Bombardment Squadron, (Consolidated B-24 Liberator), (North American B-25 Mitchell) Orlando Army Air Base, 31 October 1942 – 15 April 1943 Pinecastle Army Air Field, 15 April 1943-7 January 1944;13 February-9 March 1944 Brooksville Army Air Field, 7 January-13 February 1944 99th Bombardment Squadron, (North American B-25 Mitchell), (Martin B-26 Marauder) Orlando Army Air Base, 31 October 1942 – 5 February 1943, 25 February-9 March 1944 Montbrook Army Air Field, 5 February-14 November 1943 Kissimmee Army Air Field, 14 November 1943 – 5 January 1944 Brooksville Army Air Field, 5 January-25 February 1944 430th Bombardment Squadron, (Consolidated B-24 Liberator), (North American B-25 Mitchell), (Martin B-26 Marauder) Orlando Army Air Base, 31 October 1942 – 6 January 1944; 25 February-6 March 1944 Brooksville Army Air Field, 6 January-25 February 1944 50th Fighter Group 10th Fighter Squadron, (Curtiss P-40 Warhawk) Orlando Army Air Base, 18 March 1942-4 January 1943;29 January-13 March 1944 Zephyrhills Army Air Field 4 January 1943 – 29 January 1944 81st Fighter Squadron, (Curtiss P-40 Warhawk) Orlando Army Air Base, 22 March 1942 – 18 June 1943; 1 February-13 March 1944 Cross City Army Air Field, 18 June