Flight Control Command
Flight Control Command was a command of the United States Army Air Forces, active from 29 March 1943 – 1 October 1943. For a period it was under the command of Colonel S.R. Harris.[1]
It supervised the Continental United States weather and communications services previously provided by the USAAF Directorate of Technical Services, which was discontinued when the Army Air Forces' "system of directorates"* was abandoned "to move all operations into the field"[2] under Assistant Chiefs of Staff (AC/AS).
The reorganization placed the command as 1 of 3 support commands and 11 numbered air forces under the "Operations, Commitments and Requirements"[specify] Assistant Chief[3] (AC/AS OC&R).
Components
Included:[1]
- Army Airways Communications System on 26 April 1943 (reassigned to Air Transport Command as the Air Communications Service on 13 March 1946)[4]
- Weather Wing beginning 14 April 1943 (transferred to HQ AAF as the "Army Air Forces Weather Wing" on 6 July 1943)[5]
Office of Flying Safety
The Office of Flying Safety was established 1 October 1943 at the Winston-Salem "facilities of the old Directorate of Flying Safety" and replaced the Flight Control Command.[6]
References
- ^ a b "The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes: Appendix". ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ Frye, Richard W (foreword) (2004). AACS Alumni Association: 1938-2004 (Google Books). Turner Publishing. ISBN 9781563119767. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
[Flight Control Command] Established 29 March 1943 to supervise the weather and communications services of the discontinued Directorate of Technical Services, it was abolished 1 October 1943. (Craven and Cate, Vol. 6, pp. 69-70) … On 26 April 1943, following the decision to abandon the system of directorates at headquarters Army Air Forces and to move all operations into the field, AACS was activated as a wing of the newly created Flight Control Command.
- ^ Commanding General: Army Air Forces [title in top box] (PDF) (organizational chart) – via Wikicommons (Figure 14 in Van Citters & Bissen) Archived June 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Factsheets : Air Force Communications Command". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Bailey, Carl E. (12 March 2009). "Factsheets : Air Force Weather Agency (USAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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