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|unit_name=Forward Air Control Development Unit RAAF

|image=[[File:RAAF Pilatus PC-9A CBR Gilbert-4.jpg|300px|An FACDU Pilatus PC-9A at Canberra Airport in 2008]]

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|caption=A FACDU Pilatus PC-9A at Canberra Airport in 2008

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|dates= 2002–2009

|country=[[Australia]]

|branch=[[Royal Australian Air Force]]

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|role=Training

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|command_structure=[[No. 82 Wing RAAF|No. 82 Wing]]

|garrison=[[RAAF Base Williamtown]]

|garrison_label=NaseBase

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The '''Forward Air Control Development Unit''' (FACDU) was a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] unit tasked with providing training in [[forward air control]] to RAAF pilots. It was formed in 2002<ref>{{cite news|title=Air Combat group set to fly|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/editions/2001/4308/story06.htm|access-date=16 January 2011|newspaper=RAAF News|date=September 2001}}</ref> from [[No. 76 Squadron RAAF|No. 76 Squadron's]] C Flight and was merged with the RAAF Special TaticsTactics Project on the 3rd3 July 2009 to form [[No. 4 Squadron RAAF|No. 4 Squadron]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/new-squadron-will-aim-to-cut-civilian-deaths/2008/03/16/1205602195107.html|title=New squadron will aim to cut civilian deaths|last=Allard|first=Tom|date=2008-03-17|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2008-09-19}}</ref>

==References==

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{{Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force}}

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[[Category:RAAF independent flights]]

[[Category:RAAF training units]]

[[Category:Military units and formations established in 2002]]

[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2009]]

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