Air commanders of World War I

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The air commanders of World War I were army or navy officers who came to command air services during the first major conflict in which air power played a significant role.

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Entente Powers air commanders

British Empire

Australian Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

Director-General of Military Aeronautics
General Officer Commanding the RFC in France
Major-General Hugh Trenchard Sir Hugh Trenchard (cropped).jpg
Major-General Hugh Trenchard

Royal Naval Air Service

Heads of the RNAS

Royal Air Force

Chief of the Air Staff

France

Director of Military Aeronautics

Head of the Service Aéronautique

Greece

Imperial Russia

Italy

Romania

General Inspector of Engineering and Aeronautics

  • 1913-1915 - General Mihail Boteanu [4]

Commander of the RAC

Director of the Aeronautics

United States

Chief of Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force in France

Air Commander, Zone of Advance on the American Expeditionary Force in France

Central Powers air commanders

Germany

Inspector of Flying Troops

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Bulgaria

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