夜战中队在组建 P—61“黑寡妇”正式投产后,夜战中队的组建和夜战训练也开始紧张进行。1942年春,在佛罗里达州的开司米组建了夜间作战指挥学校。XP-61试飞结束后,军方首先到诺斯罗普公司挑选试飞员,再由这些试飞员去选拔第一批飞行员。军方要求在11月底前训练出24名飞行员。18名雷达操纵员和20名地面维修人员。同年夏天,夜间作战指挥学校接收了B—18轰炸机和P-70战斗机各1架,用以配合P—61的夜间作战训 Night fighter squadron in the formation of P-61 “Black Widow ” officially put into operation, the formation of night squadron and night-time training also began to intense. In the spring of 1942, a night combat command school was set up in cashmere in Florida. After the XP-61 test flight, the military first selected Northrop to test the pilot, and the test pilots selected the first pilots. The military demands that 24 pilots be trained by the end of November. 18 radar operators and 20 ground maintenance personnel. In the summer of the same year, the night combat command school received one B-18 bomber and one P-70 fighter to support the P-61 night training