On 22 November the Air Force directed TAC to release the reserve units at midnight, 28 November.

Incorporating the lessons learned during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the Air Force directed wing organizational changes that led to the Objective Wing Organization.

The Air Force directed ATC to initiate immediately a training program for South Vietnamese F-5 pilot replacements.

Incorporating the lessons learned during the desert operations, the Air Force directed changes that led to the Objective Wing Organization.

On December 2, 1948, the Air Force directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction of this and the other twenty-three sites.

Receiving the Defense Secretary's approval on July 21, the Air Force directed the Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction.

To preserve the lineage and histories of combat units, the Air Force directed ATC to replace its four-digit flying and pilot training wings with two-digit designations.

Air Force directed Air Training Command to double pilot production to 7,200 per year, and to increase technician production to 225,000 per year.

The squadrons were equipped with P-51 Mustangs, and their mission was advanced fighter pilot training to meet an Air Force directed increase in pilot production (3,000 pilots by 1950).

By 1 July the Air Force had directed ATC to accelerate training to fill the needs of a new 95-wing Air Force.