It was used as a contract primary flight training facility by the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center ( later Central Flying Command ) .
Taken over by United States Army Air Corps in 1940 , Hicks Field was reopened and its facilities improved .
Hicks Field was used as a contract primary flight training facility by the USAAF Gulf Coast Training Center ( later Central Flying Command ) .
Taken over by United States Army Air Corps in 1940 , Hicks Field was reopened and its facilities improved .