Title:	Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte
Title in English:	German Air Force
Abbreviation:	-

Narrative Summary:
Army Air Service History 1910-1920 - to be added.

Key Dates:
Army Air Service Chronology 1910-1920

Current Status:
Not applicable.

Future Plans:
Not applicable.

National Insignia:
Historical - to be added.

Aircraft Serial Numbering System(s):
German Army aircraft serials were generally of the form R.xxxx/yy - where R was the aircraft Class designator letter, such as E for single-seat fighters, C for two-seat armed reconnaissance etc; xxxx was a one to four digit number allocated sequentially and begining at '1' or '100' for each Class each year; and /yy is the last two numbers of the year of purchase of the aircraft E.g. Albatros D.III D.2016/16. Quite often the letter prefix is omitted from the serial actually painted on the aircraft.

Aircraft Designation System(s):
Explanation of aircraft designation system.

Current Aircraft Inventory:
Not applicable.

All-Time Aircraft Used List:
Alphabetical Order --- Chronological Order

Aircraft NOT Used:
False reports of aircraft on order or in service - none known.

Main Headquarters:
Not known.

Organisational Structure:
The organisational structure of the Air Force evolved considerably as World War I progressed. In August 1914 aircraft were grouped into 41 fliegerabteilungen (Fl. Abt., Flight Sections), each with 4-6 aircraft for general purpose duties. The Fl. Abt. were allocated to Army Headquarters and Army Corps for operational control. From 1915 specialised fighter, bomber and reconnaissance aircraft were introduced and so the general purpose units were soon supplanted by specialised role-specific units: Jagdstaffeln (fighter squadrons), Schlachtstaffeln (Ground Attack squadrons) and Bombenstaffeln (Bomber squadrons), while the fliegerabteilungen remained as dedicated reconnaissance units.

By 1917 sufficient squadrons had been formed to allow the creation of Jagdgruppe with 3 squadrons and Jagdgeschwader with 4 squadrons each, and Bombengeschwader with 3 squadrons each. On the Home Front, a large number of training schools were established to provide trained aircrews and groundcrews to the operational units.

Current Order of Battle:
Not applicable.

Historical Orders of Battle:
List of Historical Orders of Battle

All-Time Aviation Units List:
List of German Air Force Units.

Current Air Bases:
Not applicable.

All-Time Air Bases Used List:
In addition to the main bases, there are also a number of smaller airports and airfields around the world which were sometimes used by the Air Force.
Military Air Bases Listing - to be added.

Books:

Handbook of German Military and Naval Aviation (War), 1914-18 by Imperial War Museum

Above the Lines: The Aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914-1918 by Norman L. R. Franks et al.

German Air Forces 1914-18 by Ian Sumner (Osprey Elite Series)

The IMPERIAL GERMAN EAGLES IN WORLD WAR I: Their Postcards and Pictures by Lance J Bronnenkant

Germany's First Air Force 1914-1918 by Peter Kilduff

Pictorial history of the German Army Air Service, 1914-1918 by Alex Imrie

German Army Air Service in World War One by Raymond L Rimell (Vintage Warbirds Series)

Casualties of the German Air Service, 1914-20 by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven

Early German Aces of World War 1 by Greg Vanwyngarden (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces Series)

Magazines:

Cross & Cockade International

Over The Front

Windsock Worldwide

Websites:

wikipedia: Luftstreitkräfte (Kaiserreich)

WWI and Early Aviation Image Archive

Frontflieger

wikipedia: Luftstreitkräfte