Flight Control Command

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 AAF's "system of directorates"* was abandoned "to move all operations into the field"[1] 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" Assistant Chief[2] (AC/AS OC&R)

Components

Col. S. R. Harris' Flight Control Command[3] had components which included:

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

*In addition to Technical Services,[1] USAAF directorates had included Air Defense, Base Services, Ground-Air Support, Management Control, Military Equipment,[7] Military Requirements,[8] and Procurement & Distribution.[6]

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. "The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes: Appendix". ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  4. "Factsheets : Air Force Communications Command". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. 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.
  6. The Army Air Forces in World War II (Google books) (Report). Volume Six: Men and Planes. Retrieved 2013-10-16. AAF headquarters reached the same conclusion as AGF, that it was impractical to separate planning and operations, and in a reorganization in March 1943 it reverted to the familiar Pershing pattern.[p. 83] … In August 1944 he directed transfer of responsibility for development and procurement of radar and radar equipment used in aircraft from the Signal Corps to the AAF. A month later he split responsibility for the development of missiles between the Ordnance Department and the AAF.[p. 89] … Not until October 1944 did the AAF succeed in acquiring responsibility for radar; the transfer of personnel and facilities was completed by late January 1945.18 (p. 232) [Google Books version at https://books.google.com/books?id=wm2mz4weQNsC&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=%22Operations,+Commitments+and+Requirements%22&source=bl&ots=62dLfFSaD2&sig=YOlFEaGTlnhSC4yT3URBUtwMKF0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6PVfUsWaNoSF2QWFm4Eg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22Operations%2C%20Commitments%20and%20Requirements%22&f=false ]
  7. Futrell, Robert F. (July 1947). Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939-1945 (Report). ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2). Air Historical Office. p. 250 (index).
  8. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Six: Men and Planes. DIANE Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 9781428915916. Retrieved 2015-08-13.


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