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{{short description|1943 United States Army Air Forces 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"{{r|Frye}} under [[United States Army Air Forces#Assistant Chiefs of Staff|Assistant Chiefs of Staff]] (AC/AS) .

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==References==

<nowiki>*</nowiki>In addition to Technical Services,{{r|Frye}} USAAF directorates had included Air Defense, Base Services, Ground-Air Support, Management Control, Military Equipment,{{r|Futrell}} [[Muir S. Fairchild|Military Requirements]],<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Six: Men and Planes|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=9781428915916|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wm2mz4weQNsC&pg=PA233|page=233|access-date=2015-08-13}}</ref> and Procurement & Distribution.<ref name=VolumeSix>{{Cite report |volume=Volume Six: Men and Planes |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wm2mz4weQNsC&q=%22Flight+Control+Command%22+USAAF&pg=PA70 |format=Google books |access-date=2013-10-16 |quote=''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 [[General Pershing|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 ]</ref>

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