Support Command | |
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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] |
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]