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AETC 70th Anniversary

1943 -- A mobile training unit instructor points out the remote compass transmitter to instrument specialists on the A-26. This training took place at an English estate. (Courtesy photo)

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1945 -- Aviation cadets conducts a physics class laboratory experiment at Tuskegee Institute. (Courtesy photo)

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1945 -- Barracks inspection at Tuskegee. (Courtesy photo)

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1946 -- Rows of Link trainers fill this Chanute Field, Ill., classroom. These trainers were used to teach both Link trainer operators and maintenance technicians. (Courtesy photo)

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1950 -- A B-47 at Wichita Air Force Base, Kansas, prepares for a training mission. (Courtesy photo)

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1950 -- Three bases provided weather training: Scott in Illinois, Keesler in Mississippi and Sheppard in Texas. All weather training later consolidated at Chanute. Then in 1990, during the first round of base closure, this training was identified fo movement to Keesler. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1951 -- The F-80 jet mechanics training program included disassembling the fuselage to remove the power plant for the 25-hour inspection. (Courtesy photo)

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1952 -- Mechanics clean the guns on an F-80 in preparation for another gunnery training mission mission at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (Courtesy photo)

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1959 -- To study equilibrium, specialists at the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas, used the blueprints of Danish inventors to build this Danish Balancing Chair. (Courtesy photo)

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1959 -- Personnel from the School of Aviation Medicine check out pressure suit equipment as they prepare for a 10-day stay in a sealed altitude chamber at Randolph. (Courtesy photo)

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1963 -- Officer candidates eat a "square" meal in the Officer Candidate School dining hall at Lackland Air Force Base. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1963 -- An instructor of laser photo reconnaissance systems at Lowry Air Force Base, Colo., demonstrates polarized light with a laser light source. (Note the master instructor badge used in the 1950s and 1960s.) (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1966 -- An instructor shows students the correct way to administer patient care. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1950s -- Air Training Command operated a 15-day survival training course at Stead Air Force Base, Nev., for aircrew members. Here instructors watch students roast a freshly-caught rabbit over an open fire. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1974 -- A technical training student at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., learns the hyrdaulic system of a T-38. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1977 -- The first class of female pilots, shown here, received their wings Sept. 2., 1977. The first of two groups of 10 women pilot candidates began flight screening at Hondo Municipal Airport, Texas, Aug. 26, prior to entering UPT at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 29. In November 1975, the Air Force chief of staff announced the servoce would begin a test program for training female pilots. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1981 -- A student with simulated injuries is hauled into a 20-man life raft during the final exercise of the water survival (non-parachuting) course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1982 -- Basic Trainees make their way across a water hazard on the confidence course a Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (Courtesy photo)

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AETC 70th Anniversary

1992 -- The Slingsby T-3 replaced the T-41 as the Air Force's enhanced flight screener aircraft. (Courtesy photo)

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1993 -- Aircrews also trained for a various special operations at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., in the MC-130H Combat Talon II. (Courtesy photo)

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