Forward Air Control Development Unit RAAF

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|dates=2002–2009

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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{{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}} 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.{{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}}