which are the 5 oldest air forces in the world?

Question

i think the 2nd is RAAF... but i can find the others..

Answer 1

obviously natsugusa doesn't know much about the civil war or that the army utilized balloon type aerial reconaisance platforms. It was actually one of the most dangerous jobs you could have during the civil war. Get educated before you slam on the states, natsuga, especially since if you bump down your list to include the USA's first uses of air power, you're pretty darned close.

as to seperate and entirely independantly operating air forces, that's a WHOLE new ball game...

Answer 2

the oldest air force units starts around 1910 such as the German air force , the Japanese air force , Italy and France. The royal flying corps was born in 1911 a year thereafter the royal southafrican air force.
The first really independent air force is the RAF in 1918 when the flying corps and the naval flying corps came together in 1 force ( there for they still depended to the army and the navy )

Everybody seems to forget the Belgian air force which was born in 1909 and at the start of WWI had 4 squadrons and has to regarded also as one of the older air forces

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The oldest Air Force in the world is the Bulgarian Airforce founded in 1906 :)

Answer 5

That list should be within the ranks of the combatant powers of the First World War - that means it should likely be:

(1) Servizio Aeronautico (Italy) 1884
(2) Aéronautique Militaire (France) 1910
(3) Luftstreitkräfte (Germany) 1910
(4) Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (Japan) 1910
(5) Air Battalion, Royal Engineers (UK) 1911

I don't trust Wikipedia fully, but here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_forces

The only thing you can be certain of is that it's within the 1900-1915 timeframe, as air combat was not a reality until the First World War.

As for the other answers, I can see the idiots now putting "USA" on top of the list and such. Ah, the perils of everyone having an opinion, whether qualified to speak on the matter or not.

Good luck with your research.

Answer 6

The first was the Royal Air Force (Royal Flying Corps), then the Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Both pre-date WW1

Answer 7

It all depends when you call the "air force" an air force. Is it when it became a separate arm of the forces or when they had airplanes (mostly depending of the ground forces or the balloon section).

Answer 8

It a wonder that don't claim 1st place but they do believe they are the 2nd oldest.

Answer 9

both the US army and the navy had aircraft almost as soon as they were available and the army had a balloon corps during the civil war

Answer 10

I think it's the RAF because they are the most famous air force in the world