Flight Control Command was a command of the United States Army Air Forces, active from 29 March 1943 – 1 October 1943.
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.[1]
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[2] (AC/AS OC&R).
1st Weather Squadron and 2nd Weather Squadron both were part of the Command.
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.[3] Colonel S.R. Harris had been the Director of Flying Safety from 10 March 1942 until 29 March 1943.[4][5]
Components
editIncluded:
- Army Airways Communications Systems Wing assigned on 26 April 1943[6]
- Weather Wing, Flight Control Command beginning 14 April 1943 (transferred to HQ AAF as the "Army Air Forces Weather Wing" on 6 July 1943)[7]
The AACS was reassigned to Air Transport Command as the Air Communications Service on 13 March 1946.
References
edit- ^ Frye 2004.
- ^ Van Citters & Bissen.
- ^ Craven & Cate 1955, p. 70.
- ^ Craven & Cate 1955.
- ^ See appendix at http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VI/AAF-VI-APPENDIX.html.
- ^ "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 23 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- Craven, W.F.; Cate, J.L. (1955). The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes. United States Army via ibiblio.org. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- Frye, Richard W (foreword) (2004). AACS Alumni Association: 1938-2004 (Google Books). Turner Publishing. ISBN 9781563119767. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- Van Citters & Bissen. "Commanding General: Army Air Forces [title in top box]" (PDF) (organizational chart) – via Wikicommons. (Figure 14 in Van Citters & Bissen) Archived 1 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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