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The Department of Air Training (1942–1947; 1947–1954) was originally a part of the U.S. Army Ground Force's Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. It trained Forward Observer pilots to act as organic spotter units for U.S. Army artillery battalions and brigades. The pilots were eventually not just used to adjust artillery fire, but to support naval gunfire, direct bombing missions, perform aerial reconnaissance, conduct medical evacuations, and perform liaison and command and control duties as well. ==Department of Air Training, Army Artillery Corps, 1942–1947== In 1940, the US Army Air Forces began concentrating on building a strategic air force. The Army Artillery Corps feared that the Ground Forces' tactical needs would not be met under the Air Forces' new mission goals. They therefore came up with an agreement in which the Artillery Corps would train their own Forward Observer pilots. Unlike regular USAAF pilots who graduated as sergeants (later as Flight Officers), graduates of the Department of Air Training became Second Lieutenants in the Artillery Corps. They were originally trained at the Department of Air Training of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma from 1942 to 1954. July 6, 1942, the day the Air Training Department was established, is seen as the birthday of Army Aviation. *Preliminary (or "Pre-Flight") training for pilot candidates was held at facilities at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg (Pittsburg, Kansas) and North Texas State Teachers College (Denton, Texas). *Primary and Basic training was at Post Army Airfield, Oklahoma, near the Artillery School at Fort Sill. It was moved to Camp Rucker in 1954. *Advanced training was at Gary Field, Texas. They were trained to fly the agile L-4 ''Grasshopper'' and L-5 ''Sentinel''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Department of Air Training」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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