The Civil Air Operations Officers' Association of Australia (CAOOAA), known as Civil Air, is a

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. It was founded in 1948 and represents over 1100 air traffic controllers, System Support Officers (SSO), Flight Data Coordinators (FDC) and other support specialists. Civil Air is affiliated with the

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, and internationally with the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations.

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Civil Air
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