The number of basic military training squadrons at the base increased to 28 to meet Korean War requirements. Later, the war in Vietnam resulted in the split phase during 1965 and 1966. The trainers were split in shifts, flight sizes were increased and the training period was cut from 30 to...
Between mid-1965 and mid-1966, the military training center regularly handled recruit populations of 20,000 and more, while manned and equipped for 17,770 basic trainees. Even though the center split training shifts, reduced the course length from 30 to 24 days, and increased flight size, ...