64th Flying Training Wing
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The 64th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, where it conducted pilot training for twenty-five years before it was inactivated in September 1997.
64th Flying Training Wing | |
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Active | 1952-1954; 1961–1963; 1966-1971; 1972-1997 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Pilot training |
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64th Flying Training Wing[note 1][1] |
The wing was first activated in as the 64th Troop Carrier Wing in 1952 at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, but was inactivated within two years. It was again active twice as an airlift unit in the 1960s. In 1972, Air Training Command replaced its four digit Major Command controlled flying training units with units whose heritage could be continued and the wing was activated at Reese, where it conducted pilot training until it was inactivated.