. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Forward air control operations during World War II were begun as an ad hoc expedient to wartime conditions. Forward air control during the war began with the Royal Australian Air Force at the Battle of Buna\u2013Gona in November 1942, and with the British Desert Air Force in the North African Campaign the following year. Despite prior close air support experiences beginning in World War I, the United States had no forward air control capability when World War II began. Although forward air control techniques were perfected by such US units as the 1st Air Commando Group in the China Burma India Theater, they would be ignored in the war's aftermath."@en . "Forward air control operations during World War II were begun as an ad hoc expedient to wartime conditions. Forward air control during the war began with the Royal Australian Air Force at the Battle of Buna\u2013Gona in November 1942, and with the British Desert Air Force in the North African Campaign the following year."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "47353944"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "21535"^^ . "1105284979"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Forward air control operations during World War II"@en . . . . . . . . . .