Which air force did Britain fight under in World War I?

Which air force did Britain fight under in World War I?

• A. Royal Air Force
• B. Royal Army Service
• C. British Army Air Service
• D. Fleet Air Arm

Answer: (A)

This question tests how Britain’s air power was organized during World War I. In the war’s early years, Britain operated two separate air arms: the Royal Flying Corps, which was the army’s air service, and the Royal Naval Air Service, the navy’s air arm. In 1918 these two merged to form the Royal Air Force, the world’s first independent air force, which then carried Britain’s aerial efforts for the remainder of the conflict. So the best answer is the Royal Air Force, because it is the name of Britain’s air service as it stood at the end of the war and the entity that continued to be Britain’s official air force. The other options don’t fit as the primary air force in WWI: the British Army’s earlier air service was absorbed into the RAF in 1918; the Fleet Air Arm is the later naval aviation branch; and the Royal Army Service is a logistics arm, not an air force.

This question tests how Britain’s air power was organized during World War I. In the war’s early years, Britain operated two separate air arms: the Royal Flying Corps, which was the army’s air service, and the Royal Naval Air Service, the navy’s air arm. In 1918 these two merged to form the Royal Air Force, the world’s first independent air force, which then carried Britain’s aerial efforts for the remainder of the conflict. So the best answer is the Royal Air Force, because it is the name of Britain’s air service as it stood at the end of the war and the entity that continued to be Britain’s official air force. The other options don’t fit as the primary air force in WWI: the British Army’s earlier air service was absorbed into the RAF in 1918; the Fleet Air Arm is the later naval aviation branch; and the Royal Army Service is a logistics arm, not an air force.