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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. For a period it was under the command of Colonel S.R. Harris.{{sfn|Craven|Cate|1951a}}

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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Movements and Operations? |date=October 2013}} Assistant Chief{{sfn|Van Citters & Bissen}} (AC/AS OC&R).

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|1951b}} Colonel S.R. Harris had been the Director of Flying Safety from 10 March 1942 until 29 March 1943.{{sfn|Craven|Cate|1951a}}

==Components==

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==References==

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* {{cite book |last1=Craven |first=W.F. |last2=Cate |first=J.L. |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes: Appendix |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VI/AAF-VI-APPENDIX.html ||publisher=United States Army via ibiblio.org|date=1951a1955a|access-date=2015-08-13}}

* {{cite book |last1=Craven |first=W.F. |last2=Cate |first=J.L. |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II Volume VI: Men and Planes |url= |publisher=United States Army via ibiblio.org|date=1951b1955b|access-date=}}

* {{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 report |last=Futrell |first=Robert F. |publisher=Air Historical Office | date=July 1947 |title=Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939-1945 |volume=ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2) |page=250 (index) }}</ref>