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 (AC/AS)  The reorganization placed the command as 1 of 3 support commands and 11 numbered air forces under the "Operations, Commitments and Requirements" Assistant Chief (AC/AS OC&R)

Components
Col. S. R. Harris' Flight Control Command had components which included:
 * Army Airways Communications System on 26 April 1943 (reassigned to Air Transport Command as the "Air Communications Service" on 13 March 1946)
 * Weather Wing beginning 14 April 1943 (transferred to HQ AAF as the "Army Air Forces Weather Wing" on 6 July 1943)

Office of Flying Safety
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.