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RAAF Support Command
Support Command was an organisation in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Headquartered in Melbourne, it was formed in 1959 from the amalgamation of RAAF Training and Maintenance Commands.[4] Support Command was split into Logistics Command and Training Command in 1990.[5] In 1997, logistics management became the responsibility of Support Command (Air Force), the RAAF component of the Defence-wide Support Command Australia (later subsumed by the Defence Materiel Organisation).[6][7][8]
| Support Command | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1959–90 |
| Country | Australia |
| Branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Headquarters | Melbourne |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Allan Walters (1959–62)[1] Frank Headlam (1966–67)[2] Colin Hannah (1968–69)[3] |
Notes edit
- ^ "Air Vice-Marshals (L–Z)". Air Marshals of the RAAF. Air Power Development Centre. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Air Vice-Marshals (A–K)". Air Marshals of the RAAF. Air Power Development Centre. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1996). "Hannah, Colin Thomas (1914–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Stephens, Going Solo, pp. 76–77
- ^ Dennis et al, The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, pp. 150–151
- ^ Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, p. 307
- ^ "Program 6: Support Command" (PDF). Defence Annual Report 1997–98. Department of Defence. 1998. p. 224. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Horner, Making the Australian Defence Force, pp. 278–279
References edit
- Dennis, Peter; Grey, Jeffrey; Morris, Ewan; Prior, Robin (2008) [1995]. The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-551784-2.
- Horner, David (2001). The Australian Centenary History of Defence Volume IV: Making the Australian Defence Force. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-554117-5.
- Stephens, Alan (1995). Going Solo: The Royal Australian Air Force 1946–1971. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 978-0-644-42803-3.
- Stephens, Alan (2006) [2001]. The Royal Australian Air Force: A History. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-555541-7.