airforce
The armed service concerned with attack and defence in the air. Aircraft were first used in World War I to locate targets for artillery on the Western Front, but from 1916 onwards they were developed ...
Billy Mitchell
(1879–1936) army air service officer, born William Lendrum Mitchell in Nice, France. Mitchell was one of the outstanding combat air officers of World War I, commanding the largest concentration of ...
imperial policing
Is a term coined in the 1930s and reflects the change from traditional methods of control for conquered lands and peoples to cheaper policies following WW I, particularly by the ...
Royal Air Force
(RAF).The RAF was formed in April 1918 when the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were amalgamated to improve co‐ordination. After the armistice the new force was drastically ...
