37th Flying Training Wing (World War II)

It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 16 June 1946 at Luke Field, Arizona.

There is no lineage between the United States Air Force 37th Training Wing, established on 22 December 1939 as the 37th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) at Albrook Army Airfield, Panama Canal Zone, and this organization.

Graduates of the advanced schools were commissioned as Second Lieutenants, received their "wings" and were reassigned to Operational or Replacement Training Units operated by one of the four numbered air fores in the zone of interior.

[1] The schools of the wing used a wide variety of planes to support its numerous training needs:[1]

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

A Stearman PT-17, a historic World War II plane of the type used to train pilots in Scottsdale in World War II