the dayton agreement was reached far from wrightpatterson air force base
in the fall of 1942 the first twelve air force officers to receive ati field collection training were assigned to wright field for training in the technical aspects of crash intelligence raf squadron leader colley identified how to obtain information from equipment marking plates and squadron markings
144 the flight test training unit of air technical command was established at wright field on 9 september 1944 moved to patterson field in 1946 edwards afb on 4 february 1951