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= History = | = History = | ||
==Royal Balloon Observation Corps== | ==Early History== | ||
===Royal Balloon Observation Corps=== | |||
[[1893]]-[[1921]] | [[1893]]-[[1921]] | ||
blimps and shit | blimps and shit | ||
==Company of Dirigeable Guides of the Puhkgundie Rifles== | ===Company of Dirigeable Guides of the Puhkgundie Rifles=== | ||
[[1897]]-[[1918]] | [[1897]]-[[1918]] | ||
blimps for artillery observation and general recon at first and then they put a maxim gun on it in [[1915]] and nothing was ever the same again | blimps for artillery observation and general recon at first and then they put a maxim gun on it in [[1915]] and nothing was ever the same again | ||
==Aeronautique Maritime== | ===Aeronautique Maritime=== | ||
[[1903]]-[[1945]] | [[1903]]-[[1945]] | ||
Lots of sea planes, first as observers, then torpedo bombers, then in the 20s tons of intercepters and flying boat transports | Lots of sea planes, first as observers, then torpedo bombers, then in the 20s tons of intercepters and flying boat transports | ||
==Royal Aeroplane Society== | ===Royal Aeroplane Society=== | ||
[[1905]]-[[1936]] | [[1905]]-[[1936]] | ||
Lots of plane racing, mostly just a funding mechanism for development | Lots of plane racing, mostly just a funding mechanism for development | ||
==Aerodrome Militare della Strates== | ===Aerodrome Militare della Strates=== | ||
[[1917]]-[[1945]] | [[1917]]-[[1945]] | ||
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Later focused on ground attack and bombers, then intercepters in the 20s when other countries also get planes, coastal patrol aircraft for the coastal artillery folks. | Later focused on ground attack and bombers, then intercepters in the 20s when other countries also get planes, coastal patrol aircraft for the coastal artillery folks. | ||
==Royal Jet Service== | ==New Royal Air Service== | ||
[[ | [[1945]]-[[1990]] | ||
===Royal Jet Service=== | |||
[[1947]]-[[1963]] | |||
===Operation Kipling=== | |||
Main article: [[Operation Kipling]] | |||
===Sudmoll Island Conflicts=== | |||
Main article: [[Sudmoll Island Conflicts]] | |||
===Space force=== | |||
In [[1972]], space force capabilities were added. | |||
==Modern Royal Air Service== | |||
[[1990]]-present | |||
=Structure= | =Structure= |
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