Station List
Gulf Coast Army Air Forces Training Center, Randolph Field, Texas

The following stations were listed as of November 1, 1942. No doubt it continually changed throughout the war. Specializations also changed. For example a primary flight school then may have changed to an advanced flight school later.

Altus, Oklahoma; AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine)

Ballinger, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Big Spring, Texas; AAF Bombardier School

Blackland, Waco, Texas; Blackland Army Flying School (Twin Engine & Glider)

Bonham, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Brady, Texas; AAF Basic Flying School (Civil Contract)

Brooks Field, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine & Observation)

Bryan, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Single Engine)

Chickasha, Oklahoma; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Childress, Texas; AAF Bombardier School

Coffeyville, Kansas; AAF Basic Flying School

Coleman, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Corsicana, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Cuero, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Dalhart, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Advanced Glider)

Del Rio, Texas; AAF Bombardier School

Denton, Texas; AAF Glider Training Detachment

Dodge City, Kansas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine)

Eagle Pass, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Single Engine)

East Saint Louis, Illinois; AAF Flying Training Detachment

Ellington Field, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine)

Enid, Oklahoma; Enid Army Flying School (Basic)

Fort Worth, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Foster Field, Victoria; AAF Advanced Flying School (Single Engine)

Frederick, Oklahoma; AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine)

Garden City, Kansas; AAF Basic Flying School

Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas; AAF Basic Flying School

Greenville, Texas; AAF Basic Flying School

Hamilton, Texas; AAF Glider Training Detachment

Harlingan, Texas; Harlingen Army Gunnery School

Hondo, Texas; AAF Navigation School

Independence, Kansas; AAF Basic Flying School

Kelly Field, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School

Lake Charles, Louisiana; Lake Charles Army Flying School (Single Engine)

Lamesa, Texas; AAF Glider Training Detachment

Laredo, Texas; AAF Flexible Gunnery School

Lubbok, Texas; Lubbock Army Flying School (Twin Engine)

Matagorda Island; Matagorda Island Gunnery Range (Single Engine)

Matagorda Peninsula; Matagorda Peninsula Bombing Range

Midland, Texas; AAF Bombardier School

Moore Field, Mission, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Single Engine)

Muskegee, Oklahoma; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Okmulgae, Oklahoma; AAF Glider Training Detachment

Pampa, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Twin Engine)

Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas; AAF Basic Flying School

Pine Bluff, Arkansas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Pittsburg, Kansas; AAF Glider Training Detachment

Randolph Field, Texas; Headquarters, Gulf Coast Army Air Forces Training Center

Randolph Field, Texas; AAF Basic Flying School

San Angelo, Texas; AAF Bombardier School

San Antonio, Texas; San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center

San Marcos, Texas; AAF Navigation School

Sikeston, Missouri; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

South Plains, Lubbock, Texas; South Plains Army Flying School (Advanced Glider)

Stamford, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Sweetwater, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, Texas; AAF Combat Crew School

Tulsa, Oklahoma; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Uvalde, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Vernon, Texas; AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary)

Victoria, #2, Texas; AAF Advanced Flying School (Single Engine)

Vinita, Oklahoma; AAF Glider Training Detachment

Waco, Texas; Waco Army Flying School (Basic)

Winfield, Kansas; AAF Basic Flying School

Authors:

• none listed

Published:

• November 1, 1942

Categories:

• Bombardment
• Gunnery
• Navigation
• Pilots
• Training
• Training, Advanced Flight
• Training, Basic
• Training, Basic Flight
• Training, Pre-flight
• Training, Primary Flight

Locations:

• United States

Contributors:

• Ben Guttery

Repositories:

• Private Collection

Direct Link (Item 000323):

• https://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?item=000323

Citation:

• Army Air Forces Collection, "Station List: Gulf Coast Army Air Forces Training Center, Randolph Field, Texas" (item 000323), AAF Collection, https://AAFCollection.info/items/list.php?item=000323 (accessed 19 April 2024).

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