space force of the French Armed Forces. Formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, it became an independent military...

the S.XIII had equipped virtually every fighter squadron of the Aéronautique Militaire. In addition, the United States Army Air Service also procured the...

Many eventually found their ways into the Royal Flying Corps and Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service). The British integrated the Americans into...

services and was in widespread but lacklustre service with the French Aéronautique Militaire. In December 1914, the Sopwith Aviation Company designed a small...

Eugene Bullard, flew with regular French Aéronautique Militaire escadrilles. By April 1917, the Aéronautique Militaire had 2,870 aircraft with 60 fighter and...

 Belgium Aviation Militaire Belge 1ère Escadrille de Chasse 5me Escadrille de Chasse 6me Escadrille de Chasse  France Aéronautique Militaire Escadrille N.3...

during the First World War (1914–1918). This escadrille of the Aéronautique Militaire was composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying fighters...

Force (Aéronautique Militaire) as a pilot. Meanwhile, Lufbery joined the Foreign Legion and later transferred into the Aéronautique Militaire as a mechanic...

engine  Bolivia Bolivian Air Force - biplaza artillado, 1921  France Aéronautique Militaire 2ème Régiment d'Aviation  Paraguay Paraguayan Air Arm - One S.XX...

into 1917, the Nieuport 17 equipped every fighter squadron of the Aéronautique Militaire. Almost all of the top French aces flew the nimble Nieuport during...