Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops
The Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops or Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops ("Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen" or "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen") were the air force of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire until the empire's demise in 1918. It saw combat on both the Eastern Front and Italian Front during World War I.
History.
The Air Service began in 1893 as a balloon corps ("Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt") and would later be re-organized in 1912 under the command
Fokker M 10
The Fokker M 10 was a two-seater reconnaissance / fighter-trainer biplane with single-bay wings equipped with wing-warping controls for roll, powered by a 7-cylinder 80 hp Oberursel U.0 engine. Several M 10 aircraft were purchased by the Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops of Austro Hungary
During the First World War the Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops (colloquially known as the Austro-Hungarian Air Service or K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen) lacked aircraft production capacity, purchasing aircraft from its German ally.