Until 30 April 1944 when preflight training for American servicemen ended at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, over 80,000 were classified and prepared for elementary, basic, and finally advanced flying schools, whereupon they gained commissions and received flying duties as pilots. Military training, academic subjects, and physical conditioning made up most of the preflight curriculum.

Two other missions relocated to SAACC in 1944 as military officials began consolidating operations and facilities in anticipation of the war's end. One was an Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School (Bombardier and Navigator). Two classes completed training before the school was discontinued on 23 May and its mission and assets absorbed by SAACC's already-established Pre-Flight School (Pilot). Around 1,200 students entered Class 1944-6 on 28 February; about 1,300 began Class 1944-7 on 20 March.

The other mission was Army Air Forces Pre-Technical School, formerly the Aviation Cadet Pre-Technical School, Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina. It also had a short tenure at SAACC, preparing cadets academically to attend universities for technical and scientific degrees. Only Class 17-1944 began instruction on 17 April at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center. The school discontinued on 16 August 1944.

[Note: Several documents indicate that at some point during the latter part of World War II, SAACC may also have acquired a flying training role. A 78th Flying Training Wing was listed as one of its units. A 2 march 1944 personnel inventory of SAACC listed 1,181 aviation students (broken down as 990 pilot, 99 navigator, and 92 bombardier trainees).]

The San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center's production of cadets for pilot training gained a second lease on life on 28 April 1944 when the War Department rescinded its order to disband the AAF Pre-Flight School (Pilot) and directed the school to prepare allied officers and cadets to attend Army Air Forces undergraduate pilot training (UPT). This SAACC operation continued until 30 June 1945, when the school discontinued and its mission transferred to Maxwell Field, Alabama.

Nonrated Officer Training. Securing and training nonrated officers for the reserve officer corps took two forms before the war: reenlisting and commissioning selected noncommissioned officers and warrant officers, and granting direct commissions as enlistment incentives to civilians with needed skills and professions. Those reenlisting for commissions moved immediately from the enlisted ranks to the officer corps to fill administrative, training, and specialty duties.

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