No. 15 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) was opened in Claresholm on June 9, 1941 and remained open as a BCATP base until March 1945.
In 1951, it was renamed No. 3 Flight Training School and used to train pilots for the Korean War. RCAF Station Claresholm was closed in 1958.
Although closing the flight school was quite a loss to the Claresholm community, the air force hangars were subsequently converted to industrial uses and a small industrial airport still remains active. The shell of a Harvard aeroplane stands as a monument to the Plan in Claresholm Centennial Park. To visit the site, drive west of Claresholm on highway 520 approximately 2 km.
Updated: December 9, 2004