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RAAF area commands

 * ''Contributor(s): Ian Rose

This topic covers the eight geographically based commands formed by the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. Five of the formations survived into the early 1950s, when the whole shebang was superseded by a functional command-and-control system made up of Home (operational), Training and Maintenance Commands. I've had this on the boil for a couple of years, originally planning the parent RAAF area commands to be more like a list, with subsections on the individual commands following the overview, but in the end I decided that the commands all justified their own articles and that I might put them together in a GT nom/book when complete. As the last in the series has just passed GAN, here they are... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:01, 6 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Support, but how come you dint go for a topic on RAAF Command? Nergaal (talk) 01:50, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Tks. This one seemed a natural, almost like a ship class topic -- I think when you take it up to the RAAF Command level, you're into a a different type of topic, no longer area commands per se, but operational command of the RAAF in the South West Pacific, and just what should belong in such a topic becomes a little more problematic, even for those relatively familiar with the subject...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:41, 19 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Support: these are all quality articles which work well together as a topic in my opinion. The only thing that leapt out at me was the self pointing redirect for No. 1 Group on Southern Area Command (RAAF). Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:32, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Tks Rupert, I probably did the same thing with No. 2 Group at Central Area Command -- will rectify both as needed. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:47, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * SUpport - Logical groupings, high quality, all related and actually a clearly defined topic.  MPJ  -DK 21:02, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Tks MJP! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:56, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Support clearly defined scope, all articles are GA. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:49, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated, PM. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:03, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. - GamerPro64  21:31, 24 July 2016 (UTC)