Webb Air Force Base, previously named Big Spring Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force facility of the Air Training Command that operated from 1951 to 1977 in West Texas within the current city limits of Big Spring. Webb AFB was a major undergraduate pilot training (UPT) facility for the Air Force, and by 1969, almost 9,000 pilots had been trained at Webb. The last operational wing at Webb AFB was the 78th Flying Training Wing.
2006 USGS photo
Big Spring Army Airfield - Army Flight School Headquarters Staff 1942
Main Gate at Webb AFB
Postcard from Webb showing Lockheed T-33A-1-LO, AF Ser. No. 53-5725, and North American F-86D-60-NA Sabre, AF Ser. No. 53-4062
The Air Training Command (ATC) is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command designation. It was headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, but was initially formed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. It was re-designated as Air Education and Training Command (AETC) following a merger with Air University (AU) on 1 July 1993.
Undergraduate Pilot Training Class photo, Class 81-05, Reese AFB, Texas, c. 1981
Vietnam War Basic Training on the M-1 carbine Dry Fire range, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1960s
Entrance sign to Lowry AFB Technical Training Center, Colorado, about 1957
T-33A (Formerly F-80C) trainers over Williams AFB, Arizona, 1949
