 At St. Maixent, the 102d was used as a station squadron, as well as being trained in hiking, fatigue duty and guard duty.On 1 March, the squadron was ordered to report to the 2d Air Instructional Center (2d AIC), Tours Aerodrome, in central France.The men were assigned to nearly every department at the field, in the machine shops working on aircraft to the transportation department where the men drove trucks and all manner of vehicles.