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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=Forward Air Control Development Unit RAAF
|image=[[File:RAAF Pilatus PC-9A CBR Gilbert-4.jpg|300px|An FACDU Pilatus PC-9A at Canberra Airport in 2008]]
|caption=A FACDU Pilatus PC-9A at Canberra Airport in 2008
|dates=2002–2009
|country=[[Australia]]
|branch=[[Royal Australian Air Force]]
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|role=Training
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|command_structure=[[No. 82 Wing RAAF|No. 82 Wing]]
|garrison=[[RAAF Base Williamtown]]
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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<ref>{{cite news|title=Air Combat group set to fly|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/editions/2001/4308/story06.htm|access-date=16 January 2011|newspaper=RAAF News|date=September 2001}}</ref> from [[No. 76 Squadron RAAF|No. 76 Squadron's]] C Flight and was merged with the RAAF Special Tactics Project on 3 July 2009 to form [[No. 4 Squadron RAAF|No. 4 Squadron]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/new-squadron-will-aim-to-cut-civilian-deaths/2008/03/16/1205602195107.html|title=New squadron will aim to cut civilian deaths|last=Allard|first=Tom|date=2008-03-17|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2008-09-19}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

[[Category:RAAF independent flights]]
[[Category:RAAF training units]]

{{Australia-mil-stub}}

Forward Air Control Development Unit RAAF - Revision history

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