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In September 1940, Earl Howard was appointed head of the federal government's Civilian Flight Training Program, a cooperative program with Iowa State College. He established its airfield on a 40-acre field east of Ames on the north side of Thirteenth Street a half-mile east of today's (1994) I-35 interchange. After the U.S. entry into the war, the program was stepped up and its title changed to War Training Service Program.