77th Flying Training Wing

On 14 August 1943, the wing was established at Foster Army Airfield, Texas. It directed Flight Schools in South Texas. The schools provided phase III advanced flying training for Air Cadets, along with advanced single-engine transition training for experienced pilots for reassignment to other flying units. Air Cadet graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as Second Lieutenants, received their "wings" and were reassigned to First Air Force, Second Air Force, Third Air Force, or Fourth Air Force operational or Replacement Training Units in the Zone of the Interior (the continental United States). The wing headquarters was moved to Bryan Army Airfield in March 1945, and disbanded there in June 1946. Lineage • Established as 77th Flying Training Wing on 14 August 1943 : Activated on 25 August 1943 : Disbanded on 16 June 1946 . Assignments • Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command, 25 August 1943 – 16 June 1946 : Aircraft carried fuselage code "(Suffix)W" : Had 3 auxiliary airfields; Base closed 1947; reactivated in 1951 as Bryan Air Force Base closed 1958 ; Eagle Pass Army Airfield, Eagle Pass, Texas : AAF Pilot School (Advanced Single Engine) : 57th Single Engine Flying Training Group : Opened: October 1942, Closed: May 1945 (AT-6) : Aircraft carried fuselage code "EP"; had at least three auxiliary airfields ; Foster Field, Victoria, Texas : AAF Pilot School (Advanced Single Engine), also SE Transition School : 62d Single Engine Flying Training Group : 79th Bombardier Training Group : Opened: October 1941, Closed: October 1945 (AT-6, P-40, P-47, P-51) : Aircraft carried fuselage code "(Suffix)Y" : Aircraft carried fuselage code "P"; : had at least four auxiliary airfields Stations • Foster Army Airfield, Texas, 25 August 1943 • Bryan Army Air Base, Texas, 26 March 1945 – 16 June 1946 ==See also==