![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fokker D.VII</span> 1918 fighter aircraft model by Fokker](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Fokker_D._VII_USAF.jpg/320px-Fokker_D._VII_USAF.jpg)
The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the second half of 1918. In service with the Luftstreitkräfte, the D.VII quickly proved itself to be a formidable aircraft. The Armistice ending the war specifically required, as the fourth clause of the "Clauses Relating to the Western Front", that Germany was required to surrender all D.VIIs to the Allies. Surviving aircraft saw much service with many countries in the years after World War I.
The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1914, with the formation of the Canadian Aviation Corps (CAC) that was attached to the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. It consisted of one aircraft that was never called into service. In 1918, a wing of two Canadian squadrons called the Canadian Air Force (CAF) was formed in England and attached to the Royal Air Force, but it also would never see wartime service. Postwar, an air militia also known as the Canadian Air Force was formed in Canada in 1920. In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) when it was granted the royal title by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1918:
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red star</span> Symbol associated with communist ideology](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Red_star.svg/320px-Red_star.svg.png)
A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. It has been widely used in flags, state emblems, monuments, ornaments, and logos.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Military colours, standards and guidons</span> Flags, coats of arms, and other signals used to aid in military navigation](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Trooping_the_Colour%2C_the_Colours.jpg/320px-Trooping_the_Colour%2C_the_Colours.jpg)
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. The Roman Empire also made battle standards reading SPQR a part of their vast armies. It was formalized in the armies of Europe in the High Middle Ages, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albatros B.II</span> Type of aircraft](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/AlbatrosBII.jpg/320px-AlbatrosBII.jpg)
The Albatros B.II, was an unarmed two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. It was the aircraft that brought Albatros Flugzeugwerke to the world's attention.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blue Sky with a White Sun</span> National emblem of the Republic of China](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/National_Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/320px-National_Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png)
The Blue Sky with a White Sun is the national emblem of the Republic of China that covers the period of history in Mainland China and Taiwan.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roundel</span> Identification symbol, commonly used in aircraft insignia and heraldry, usually of circular design](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Roundel_of_France.svg/320px-Roundel_of_France.svg.png)
A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours. Other symbols also often use round shapes.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grob G 115</span> German trainer aircraft](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/G-BYWL_-operated_by_16_%28R%29_Squadron.jpg/320px-G-BYWL_-operated_by_16_%28R%29_Squadron.jpg)
The Grob G 115 is a general aviation fixed-wing aircraft, primarily used for flight training. It is built in Germany by Grob Aircraft. The E variant with a 3-blade variable pitch propeller is in service with the Finnish Air Force, the Royal Navy and Army Air Corps for Flying Grading and in the Royal Air Force as part of No. 6 Flying Training School which provides flying to both University Air Squadrons and Air Experience Flights to Cadets of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. As of 2020, the Tutor is still being used by the RAF for some Elementary Flying Training (3FTS) but is due to be phased out in favour of its replacement, the more advanced Prefect T1.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops</span> Air warfare branch of the Austro-Hungarian Empire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg/320px-Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg.png)
The Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops or Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops were the air force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the empire's demise in 1918; it saw combat on both the Eastern Front and Italian Front during World War I.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hungarian Air Force</span> Air warfare branch of Hungarys military](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Hungarian_Air_Force_emblem.svg/320px-Hungarian_Air_Force_emblem.svg.png)
The Hungarian Air Force, is the air force branch of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
The island nation of Malta has a variety of national flags and symbols, some current and some no longer in use.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhodesian Air Force</span> Military unit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Rhodesian_Air_Force_emblem.svg/320px-Rhodesian_Air_Force_emblem.svg.png)
The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) was an air force based in Salisbury which represented several entities under various names between 1935 and 1980: originally serving the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia, it was the air arm of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 31 December 1963; of Southern Rhodesia once again from 1 January 1964; and of the unrecognised nation of Rhodesia following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain on 11 November 1965.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Air Force roundels</span> Aircraft identification marks of the UK defence forces](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Roundel_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/320px-Roundel_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png)
The air forces of the United Kingdom – the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, the Army's Army Air Corps and the Royal Air Force use a roundel, a circular identification mark, painted on aircraft to identify them to other aircraft and ground forces. In one form or another, it has been used on British military aircraft from 1915 to the present.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Airco DH.6</span> Type of aircraft](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/DH6SideView.jpg/320px-DH6SideView.jpg)
The Airco DH.6 was a British military trainer biplane used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Known by various nicknames, including the "Clutching hand" and "Skyhook", many survived to be used as a civil light aircraft in the postwar era.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Star of India (flag)</span> List of flags used in India under British rule](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_the_Governor-General_of_India_%281885%E2%80%931947%29.svg/320px-Flag_of_the_Governor-General_of_India_%281885%E2%80%931947%29.svg.png)
The Star of India refers to a group of flags used during the period of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent. India had a range of flags for different purposes during its existence. The Princely states had their own flags which were to be flown alongside the British flag as a symbol of suzerainty. The official state flag for use on land was the Union Flag of the United Kingdom and it was this flag that was lowered on Independence Day in 1947. The flag of the governor-general of India was defaced with the Star of India. The civil ensign and naval ensign were the Red Ensign or Blue Ensign, respectively, defaced with the Star of India emblem.
The Balkenkreuz is a straight-armed cross that was first introduced in 1916–1918 and later became the emblem of the Wehrmacht and its branches from 1935 until the end of World War II. It was used by the Wehrmacht Heer (Army), Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine (Navy).
Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for visual identification. Types of aircraft markings include:
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States military aircraft national insignia</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/F-35C_Lightning_II_Joint_Strike_Fighter_arrives_at_Naval_Air_Station_Oceana_141028-N-VK873-243.jpg/320px-F-35C_Lightning_II_Joint_Strike_Fighter_arrives_at_Naval_Air_Station_Oceana_141028-N-VK873-243.jpg)
This is a listing of the nationality markings used by military aircraft of the United States, including those of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and their predecessors. The Civil Air Patrol is also included for the World War II period because it engaged in combat operations which its July 1946 charter has since explicitly forbidden.