Air Training Command (ATC) was a former United States Air Force command. Its headquarters was located at Randolph AFB near San Antonio, Texas. ATC and Air University were merged to form the Air Education and Training Command, also located at Randolph AFB. The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. ... Randolph Air Force Base (Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Bexar County, Texas near San Antonio. ... Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Motto: Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded Incorporated 1731 County Bexar County Borough Parrish Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - Total - Water 1,067. ... Air Education and Training Command, with headquarters at Randolph AFB near San Antonio, Texas, was established July 1, 1993, with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University. ...
Air Education and TrainingCommand is a direct descendant of the Army Air Forces TrainingCommand (AAFTC).
Flying TrainingAir Force was formed as a subcommand of ATC in May 1951 and another subcommand, Technical TrainingAir Force, was formed in July of the same year.
ATC expanded to control forty-three bases in 1953, but by 1958 it had been reduced to twenty-five bases and again centralized, absorbing the three subcommands into the reorganized Command Headquarters at Randolph AFB, Texas.