Flight Control Command


Flight Control Command was a 29 March 1943 – 1 October 1943 United States Army Air Forces command to supervise 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" under Assistant Chiefs of Staff The reorganization placed the command as 1 of 3 support commands and 11 numbered air forces under the "Operations, Commitments and Requirements" Assistant Chief

Components

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