Established in 1941 as an Air Training Command installation, Craig AFB is named in honor of Lt Bruce Craig, Infantry Reservist, a Selma man who lost his life while serving as a flight test engineer on a Liberator B24 bomber which crashed in 1941.

During World War II, Craig Field was an advanced flying training school, not only for US Aviation Cadets, but also for French, British, and Dutch officers. From June 1946 until September 1950, Craig was the home of the USAF Special Staff School. Craig was again made part of ATC as a flying training installation on 01 Sep 1950.

The first jet aircraft came to Craig in August 1952. In December, 1952, Craig became the site for jet qualification of selected existing Air Force pilots to further the goal of converting to an all jet Air Force. In May of 1958, Craig became a UPT base.

	Selfield - Home of the mighty T-41 (the cars out front sort of dates the picture (and us))		Entrance to 3615 STURON
	The "New" BOQ at Craig		The "old" BOQ
	Fuzzy picture - on hazy day from 71-06 T37 - of Tweet's runway at Craig		Craig AFB Welcomes 71-06
	Main Gate base plaque		T38 IPs High & Connelly at T38 RSU
	Craig's Chapel		The Edmund Pettus Bridge - gateway to memorable downtown Selma
	Craig Today - looking towards the tower and T-38 flight shacks and hangars.		Craig Today - Abandoned runway - the outer, T-38 runway.
	Aerial view of Craig today - AKA Craig Field (SEM)		Lake Craig er ... pond? ... puddle?

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