Moore Air Force Base

In June 1954, after the closing of the sanatorium and as part of the Cold War military expansion by the United States, the United States Air Force announced that Moore Field would be reactivated as a contract pilot training school under the Air Training Command.The 3301st Pilot Training Group (Contract Primary) was reassigned to Moore from Columbus AFB, Mississippi on 1 April 1955.As a result of the Consolidated Pilot Training (CPT) program, contractor flying schools were planned to be phased out.In 1977 Scientists of the Screwworm Research Unit relocated from the laboratory at Moore Air Force Base, to the sterile fly production facility near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.The cantonment area is overgrown and abandoned with remainders of streets in various states of deterioration, however the World War II-era water tower still is standing and being maintained.
Moore Field 1944 Classbook
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