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" under Assistant Chiefs of Staff.[2]
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, the Army Airways Communications System (AACS) was activated as part of the newly created Flight Control Command.
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).
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.[4]
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)[5]
- Weather Wing beginning 14 April 1943 (transferred to HQ AAF as the "Army Air Forces Weather Wing" on 6 July 1943)[6]
References
- ^ a b Craven and Cate. "The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes: Appendix". ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2015-08-13., see also pp. 69-70. Cite error: The named reference "ibiblio" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Frye 2004.
- ^ Van Citters & Bissen.
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VolumeSixwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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.
- Frye, Richard W (foreword) (2004). AACS Alumni Association: 1938-2004 (Google Books). Turner Publishing. ISBN 9781563119767. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- Futrell, Robert F. (July 1947). Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939-1945 (Report). Vol. ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2). Air Historical Office. p. 250 (index).</ref>
- Van Citters & Bissen. "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
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