Air Education and Training Command

History

The Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force. It was established July 1, 1993, with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University.

AETC is headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. AETC is the primary training and professional education command in the Air Force.

More than 48,000 active duty and Air Reserve Component members and 14,000 civilian personnel make up AETC. The command has responsibility for approximately 1,600 aircraft.

AETC's mission is to "recruit, train and educate Airmen to deliver air power for America".

Text from Wikipedia: Air Education and Training Command, CC BY-SA 4.0, lightly trimmed.

Key dates

1. 1992
   Upon establishment of the 479 FTG at NAS Pensacola, the remaining "legacy" navigator training squadrons that had relocated from the former Mather AFB to Randolph AFB in 1992 were inactivated and the remaining T-43 Bobcat aircraft retired.
2. 1993
   On 1 January 1993, Air Training Command absorbed Air University and changed the command designation to Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
3. 1994
   In 1994, AETC adopted the Objective Wing Concept and stood up several wings responsible for crew training in the F-15, F-16, special operations aircraft, airlift aircraft, the KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, and space and missile operations.
4. 1995
   This was followed by the BRAC mandated closure of Reese AFB, Texas, an Undergraduate Pilot Training base, in 1995.
5. 2001
   In response to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, AETC went on a war footing, activating a Crisis Action Team and supplying both fighters and tankers from its wings for combat air patrols in American airspace as part of Operation Noble Eagle.
6. 2012
   On 12 July 2012, 19 AF was temporarily inactivated for budgetary reasons in an effort to gain efficiencies.
7. 2012
   This program was discontinued in 2012 and all USAF student pilots slated for the C-130 and its variants now train in the T-1A at one of the three SUPT bases.
8. 2013
   This program was terminated on 25 July 2013 with the graduation of the final USAF student pilot from primary training at NAS Whiting Field.
9. 2016
   Air University also oversees one of Air Force's two civilian participatory programs, Air Force Junior ROTC. Civil Air Patrol was moved under Air Combat Command in 2016:

Dates and events quoted from the same Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Records that place someone with this unit

A unit history doesn't name everyone who served. These records do:

• Morning reports (include Army Air Forces units)
• Search Army and AAF morning reports, 1912–1946 (National Archives Catalog)
• Air Force organizational records and lineage (AFHRA)

More history

• Air Force Historical Research Agency
• Wikipedia: Air Education and Training Command