Midland Army Air Field in West Texas opened in early 1942 and became one of the Army Air Forces’ foremost bombardier training schools, earning the nickname “the Bombardier College.” Cadets trained there mainly in twin-engine AT-11 Kansans, practicing with the Norden bombsight over target ranges across the surrounding plains. Several thousand bombardiers graduated before the field closed after the war, and the site later became today’s Midland International Air & Space Port.