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Forward Air Control Development Unit RAAF
A FACDU Pilatus PC-9/A at Canberra Airport in 2008
Active	2002–2009
Country	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Role	Training
Part of	No. 82 Wing
Base	RAAF Base Williamtown
Aircraft flown
Trainer	PC-9

The Forward Air Control Development Unit (FACDU) was a Royal Australian Air Force unit tasked with providing training in forward air control to RAAF pilots. It was formed in 2002^[1] from No. 76 Squadron's C Flight and was merged with the RAAF Special Tactics Project on 3 July 2009 to form No. 4 Squadron.^[2]

References

↑ "Air Combat group set to fly". RAAF News. September 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
↑ Allard, Tom (17 March 2008). "New squadron will aim to cut civilian deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2008.

Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

World War II	No. 1 Group RAAF No. 1 (Training) Group RAAF No. 2 Group RAAF No. 2 (Training) Group RAAF No. 4 (Maintenance) Group RAAF No. 5 (Maintenance) Group RAAF No. 9 (Operational) Group RAAF No. 10 (Operational) Group RAAF No. 11 Group RAAF
Force Element Group	Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF Air Combat Group RAAF Air Force Training Group RAAF Air Lift Group RAAF Air Mobility Group RAAF Combat Support Group RAAF Maritime Patrol Group RAAF Strike Reconnaissance Group RAAF Surveillance and Control Group RAAF Surveillance and Response Group RAAF Tactical Fighter Group RAAF Tactical Transport Group RAAF

Air Base Wings	301 302 303 304 305 306 307 321 322 323 324 325 326 327

Air ambulance units	1 2
Air-sea rescue flights	111 112 113 114 115
Air observation post flights	16 17
Communication units	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 No. 30 Transport Unit RAAF
Forward air control flights	4 Forward Air Control Development Unit RAAF
Transport flights	No. 9 Local Air Supply Unit RAAF No. 10 Local Air Supply Unit RAAF No. 12 Local Air Supply Unit RAAF No. 33 Flight RAAF No. 200 Flight RAAF Governor-General's Flight RAAF RAAF Transport Flight (Japan) RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam Transport Support Flight RAAF Transport Flight Butterworth RAAF
Miscellaneous flights	No. 1 Long Range Flight RAAF No. 5 Flight RAAF No. 82 Wing Training Flight RAAF No. 101 Flight RAAF No. 201 Flight RAAF Antarctic Flight RAAF Lincoln Conversion Flight RAAF Seaplane Training Flight RAAF Survey Flight RAAF Target Towing and Special Duties Flight RAAF RAAF Washington Flying Unit

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