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{{short description|1943 United States Army Air Forces command}}

'''Flight Control Command''' was a [[Command (military formation)|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 [[United States Army Air Forces#Assistant Chiefs of Staff|Assistant Chiefs of Staff]].{{sfn|Frye|2004}}

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Requirements (which had a "Photographics Branch"), Allocations and Programs, or

Movements and Operations? |date=October 2013}} Assistant Chief{{sfn|Van Citters & Bissen}} (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.{{sfn|Craven|Cate|1955|page=70}} Colonel S.R. Harris had been the Director of Flying Safety from 10 March 1942 until 29 March 1943.{{sfn|Craven|Cate|1955}}<ref>See appendix at http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VI/AAF-VI-APPENDIX.html.</ref>

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==Components==

Included:

*[[Army Airways Communications System]]|Army onAirways 26Communications April 1943 (reassigned to [[Air TransportSystems CommandWing]] as the Air Communications Serviceassigned on 1326 MarchApril 1946)1943<ref name="af">{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433902/air-force-communications-command/|title=Factsheets : Air Force Communications Command|date=10 January 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref>

*[[Weather Wing, Flight Control Command]] beginning 14 April 1943 (transferred to HQ AAF as the "Army Air Forces Weather Wing" on 6 July 1943)<ref name="af2">{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13509 |title=Factsheets : Air Force Weather Agency (USAF) |last=Bailey |first=Carl E. |date=12 March 2009 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065329/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13509 |archive-date=2013-10-23 |access-date=13 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The AACS was reassigned to [[Air Transport Command]] as the Air Communications Service on 13 March 1946.

==References==

{{reflist}}

* {{cite book |last1=Craven |firstfirst1=W.F. |last2=Cate |firstfirst2=J.L. |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VI/index.html |publisher=United States Army via ibiblio.org|date=1955|access-date=2022-08-07}}

* {{Cite book |last=Frye |first=Richard W (foreword) |year=2004 |title=AACS Alumni Association: 1938-2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raDlmenz-csC&pg=PA18 |format=Google Books |publisher=Turner Publishing |isbn=9781563119767 |access-date=2013-10-16 }}

* {{cite web |author=Van Citters & Bissen |type=organizational chart |title=Commanding General: Army Air Forces [title in top box] |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USAAF_Reorganization_Chart,_29March1943.pdf |via=Wikicommons }} ([http://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/upload/kirtland-historic-context_0.pdf Figure 14 in Van Citters & Bissen)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601170303/http://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/upload/kirtland-historic-context_0.pdf |date=June 1, June 2013 }}

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