raaf geographically based commands raised royal_australian_air_force raaf world war formed march covered central portion new_south_wales headquartered sydney central area command primarily responsible air defence aerial reconnaissance protection sea lanes boundaries disbanded august control units taken raaf formations proposals raise new come fruition history prior world war royal_australian_air_force small elements directly controlled melbourne war broke september raaf began implement form command expected increases manpower units initial direction create nos groups control units victoria new_south_wales respectively march raaf divided australia new_guinea geographically based command control zones roles area commands air defence protection adjacent sea lanes aerial reconnaissance led air officer commanding responsible administration operations air bases units boundary group established november formed area commands march headquartered sydney given control air_force units new_south_wales southern north state units queensland temporarily assigned control pending formation inaugural adrian king cole led group senior air staff officer wing commander reported area headquarters building change point mansion nearby cole handed command december august raaf expanding program necessitated establishment overarching training organisations semi functional semi geographical basis accordingly training group formed sydney taking responsibility training units disbanded control units divided convenient according official history war northern aftermath raaf area command structure revised following outbreak pacific war split new command covering new_south_wales southern queensland created making total commands october proposed carving new considered large controlled headquarters subdivision responsible training operational units southern queensland war cabinet deferred decision proposal concept raised august time new control maintenance units training operations southern queensland came proposal
Central Area Command (RAAF)