While active, the wing served as the headquarters for the Air Corps' three groups training aircrew, which were located in Texas and California.

The 24th School Wing was organized at Kelly Field, Texas in 1927 to command the flying training units of the Air Corps.

With a third group of four squadrons at March, a wing was needed as an intermediate level of command to avoid having too many units being assigned directly to school Headquarters at Kelly Field.

In June 1927 General Frank Lahm suggested the construction of a single large field outside of the city to house all flying training.

By the fall of 1931, construction was essentially completed at the new facility, so the Air Corps Training Center at Kelly Field and the primary schools at Brooks and March moved to the new installation.