Defence College of Air and Space Operations
Defence College of Air and Space Operations | |
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Active | 1963 1940 as the Regional Control School 1 January 2019 as DCASO - present | as the Central Air Traffic Control School
Country | Latin for 'Safety on their Way') |
The Defence College of Air and Space Operations is the UK's training establishment for all military Air Operations Branch such as air traffic controllers (ATCs), Weapons controllers, Identification Officers, Flight Operations personnel and Air and Space Operations Specialists sited at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, England.
It was created by the bringing together of the School of Air Operations Control (SAOC) and the School of Aerospace Battle Management (SABM) on 1 January 2019 under one command on one site.[1]
In 1972 the Area Radar School at RAF Sopley in south-west Hampshire moved to Shawbury, being known as the Area Radar Training School.
History
History of School of Air Operations Control (SAOC)
The School of Air Operations Control started out as the Regional Control School during September 1940 at
No. 2 School of Air Navigation was formed on 21 October 1940 at
In 1963, the first three women to become air traffic controllers qualified at the school: Flying Officer G. Lord, Flight Officer S. Grieve and Pilot Officer A.P. Scougal.[11]
History of School of Aerospace Battle Management RAF (SABM)
The School of Aerospace Battle Management began on 25 January 1945 at
On 1 October 1968 the School of Fighter Control was reformed as the School of Control and Reporting at RAF Bawdsey although the name would appear to have reverted to School of Fighter Control while in residence there and prior to its move to RAF West Drayton on 31 October 1974 and to RAF Boulmer on 1 May 1990.[16][17] At some point the school was renamed to the School of Aerospace Battle Management, in 2019 the school was moved to RAF Shawbury and was joined with the School of Air Operations Control within the Defence College of Air and Space Operations.
Structure
The DCASO also houses the Flight Operations Training School for Flight Operations Officers. Much of the training is done on computers, with the Computer Systems Squadron (CSS).
See also
- College of Air Traffic Control, Hampshire, previously in Dorset
- Defence Helicopter Flying School, also at Shawbury, now No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
- UK Military Flying Training System
- United Kingdom Low Flying System (UKLFS)
References
Citations
- ^ "Who's Based Here - The Defence College of Air and Space Operations". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 219.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 133.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 59.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 49.
- ^ a b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 86.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 106.
- ^ "Catalogue description Central Navigation and Control School, (prior to Mar. 1950 known as Central Navigation..." – via National Archive of the UK.
- ^ "Flight International June 1957".
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 84.
- ^ Times, 7 March 1963, page 5
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 232.
- ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 112.
- ^ Lake 1999, p. 70.
- ^ Lake 1999, p. 181.
- ^ a b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 113.
- ^ Catalogue description RAF School of Fighter Control, RAF West Drayton. With photographs. 1976–1980.
Bibliography
- Lake, A. (1999). Flying units of the RAF. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
- Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.