The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> is created by the merger of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a>.<sup about="#mwt79" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-12" id="mwdg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwdw">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt76" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB_U"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120812113116/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/raftimeline19181929.cfm" id="mwB_Y" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"RAF Timeline 1918-1929"</a>. <i id="mwB_c">Royal Air Force</i>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/raftimeline19181929.cfm" id="mwB_g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 12 August 2012<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB_k">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB_o">15 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt76" class="Z3988" id="mwB_s" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Royal+Air+Force&amp;rft.atitle=RAF+Timeline+1918-1929&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.raf.mod.uk%2Fhistory%2Fraftimeline19181929.cfm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+1"></span></span>