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When the [[Berlin Blockade]] ended in 1949, the Air Force was again hit with reductions that resulted in forced reorganizations and reduced training. Austere postwar military budgets led to additional consolidations and all of the technical programs suffered from shortages of instructors...problems that existed with the schools throughout the early postwar era. The last half of 1949 was an exercise in austerity. President | When the [[Berlin Blockade]] ended in 1949, the Air Force was again hit with reductions that resulted in forced reorganizations and reduced training. Austere postwar military budgets led to additional consolidations and all of the technical programs suffered from shortages of instructors...problems that existed with the schools throughout the early postwar era. The last half of 1949 was an exercise in austerity. President Harry S. Truman decided that the country could only afford a 48-group Air Force and with only a minimum of operating funds available, the Secretary of Defense directed major spending cuts throughout the Department of Defense (DOD). In a reorganization, Technical Division, Air Training Command was inactivated on 14 November 1949 when Air Training Command absorbed its subordinate Divisions into its command organization to comply with the budget reduction directive.<ref name="H1949">Manning, 1949 overview, p. 57.</ref> | ||
====Korean War==== | ====Korean War==== | ||
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Even as combat continued in Korea, during 1952 the Air Force expanded to meet the threat of the [[Cold War]] with the | Even as combat continued in Korea, during 1952 the Air Force expanded to meet the threat of the [[Cold War]] with the Soviet Union in Europe, and potentially a direct conflict with [[People's Republic of China|Communist China]] in Asia. As the Air Force expanded to meet those threats, ATC continued to expand as it activated five more flying training bases, bringing the number of primary installations to 42.<ref name="H1952">Manning, 1952 overview, p. 79.</ref> | ||
During the last half of 1952, however, the volume of training conducted steadily decreased as the supply of trained pilots and technicians met the Air Force demand in almost all areas. Air Training Command reached its Korean War peak of 176,446 personnel in June.<ref name="H1952"/> | During the last half of 1952, however, the volume of training conducted steadily decreased as the supply of trained pilots and technicians met the Air Force demand in almost all areas. Air Training Command reached its Korean War peak of 176,446 personnel in June.<ref name="H1952"/> | ||