Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin farko na aiki bai faru ba har zuwa 27 ga Mayu, 1915, lokacin da aka kira Mesopotamian Half Flight (MHF), a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kyaftin Henry Petre, don taimakawa Sojojin Indiya wajen kare bukatun man fetur na Burtaniya a cikin abin da ke yanzu Iraki. Yin aiki da haɗuwa da jiragen sama ciki har da Caudrons, Maurice Farman Shorthorns, Maurice Farman Longhorns da Martinsydes, MHF da farko sun yi aikin bincike ba tare da makamai ba, kafin su fara aikin fashewar bama-bamai a baya a cikin shekara bayan an haɗa su da No. 30 Squadron RFC. Asarar da aka yi ta yi yawa kuma a watan Disamba, bayan da aka kai kayan agaji zuwa garuruwan da aka kewaye a Kut
, an rushe MHF.