Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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 sun kasance masu yawa kuma a watan Disamba, bayan da aka ba da kayayyaki zuwa
garrison kewaye a Kut, da MHF da aka rushe.