[2] After the Second World War, the lessons learned were taken forward into the Air Land Integration policy of the School of Land-Air Warfare (SLAW) which taught formal FAC training at RAF Old Sarum in Wiltshire.

Finningley then closed just two years later and in 1995, JFACTSU moved to its present location at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire[2] as the Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation Unit.

JFACTSU have two Hawk aircraft and two pilots on their staff who are overseen in flying matters at the adjacent hangar on RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire.

[4] The four to eight week course (depending on the specialization and security restrictions)[5][6] culminates in a training exercise held at RAF Spadeadam in Cumbria,[7] where the students call in mock attacks from the Hawks.

[12] Since its inception, JFACTSU have utilized two types of airframe for initial training; Hawker Hunters at Chivenor and Brawdy[13] and BAe Hawks at Finningley and now Leeming.