Air Education and Training Command
The Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is one of the ten main commands of the United States Air Force responsible for the education and training of Air Force soldiers. The headquarters are at Randolph Air Force Base , Texas ; The commander is LTG Steve Kwast .
All new USAF members begin their careers at AETC: A six-week basic training course takes place at Lackland AFB in Texas . This is followed by technical and / or flying training with training aircraft. The AETC is also responsible for the medical and safety training of the USAF members.
When the Air Force puts a new type of aircraft into service (as it did with the F-22 in early 2005 ), future pilots and technicians will first be trained at the AETC until the various units are ready for use with the new model.
The AETC includes
- 2nd Air Force based on Keesler AFB , Mississippi
- 19th Air Force , Randolph AFB , Texas
- the Air Force Recruiting Service with offices in many states to recruit new members
- and Air University , Maxwell AFB (now: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base ), Alabama for the advanced training of soldiers and officers.
At the end of September 2005, the AETC had around 62,600 soldiers, plus 14,800 civilian employees and 8,000 reservists.
The equipment includes around 1250 aircraft of various types, most of them (approx. 900) are training aircraft. There are also around 230 combat aircraft ( F-15 , F-16 , F-22 ), 60 transport aircraft ( C-21 , C-5 , C-17 , C-130 ), as well as some tanker aircraft ( KC-135 ), machines for Special missions ( C-130 variants) and helicopters ( UH-1 , MH-53 , HH-60 ).
history
In mid-1922, the United States Army Air Service concentrated its previously dispersed flight training at two airfields near San Antonio , Texas . The Air Corps Training Center was established there on August 16, 1926 , the Air Corps Flying Training Command was founded on January 23, 1942 and renamed Army Air Forces Flying Training Command in March 1942 , which in turn became Army Air Forces Training from July 31, 1943 Command was called. Since July 1, 1946, the Air Training Command (ATC) existed as its successor , which finally became today's Air Education and Training Command (AETC) on July 1, 1993 .
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