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 ====Korean War====
 [[File:F-51 training Nellis Korean War.jpg|thumb|Students prepare to take off on a cross-country flight in [[F-51 Mustang]] fighters at [[Nellis AFB]], Nevada, 1950.]]
-The outbreak of the [[Korean War]] on 25 June 1950 indicated that ATC would soon see an increase in training requirements. By 1 July, the Air Force had directed ATC to accelerate training to fill the needs of a new 95-wing Air Force. A few days later, ATC found itself with a new mission: combat crew training.<ref name="H1950">Manning, 1950 overview, p. 57.</ref>
+The outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950 indicated that ATC would soon see an increase in training requirements. By 1 July, the Air Force had directed ATC to accelerate training to fill the needs of a new 95-wing Air Force. A few days later, ATC found itself with a new mission: combat crew training.<ref name="H1950">Manning, 1950 overview, p. 57.</ref>
 ATC's primary mission in the Korean War was to train pilots, navigators and enlisted aircrew for combat and to fill the need of the expanded 95-wing USAF.  The first school opened at [[Nellis AFB]], [[Nevada]]. In August, the Air Staff raised the rate of pilot production from 3,000 to 4,000 per year, and by the end of the year, it had climbed to 7,200. At the same time, the need for training technicians also rose. As it had in [[World War II]], ATC met the increased training requirements by contracting with civilian schools.<ref name="H1950"/>