scout enemy territory
Before World War 1, airplanes were used for recreation. However, during World War 1 airplanes were used for reconnaissance and spying on the enemies. Airplanes were also used as fighter jets and as bombers. Airplanes changed warfare greatly and allowed for blitz attacks and air warfare.
Airplanes were used from the beginning of the war. Most militaries had an air branch when WW1 started.
Air combat (dogfighting), bombing, recon.
Airplanes help nations attack from the air. Airplanes give nations a strategic advantage because they can do a lot of damage from the air.
There were no airplanes back in the Civil War
there were no airplanes in the word war 1. __ The use of airplanes in the military pre-dates WW1. Airplanes were used for recon, bombing missions and fighters.
WW1 (1914-1918) was mankind's FIRST aerial war; airplanes fought airplanes (dog-fights). Korean War (1950-1953) was man's FIRST "Jet" air war; jet airplanes fought jet airplanes (dog-fights). WW1 & Korean War were the only wars of the 20th century ended by an Armistice.
There were no military airplanes until only a few years before WW1.
Air planes were mass produced because of the many new bombs an such made also there were more air battles.
Airplanes were in use by all the major combatants before the war broke out. Germany, Russia, France, England etc all had small air corps already in use. Aircraft were used as recon from the very outset of the war.
Both the Allied and Central powers saw the usefulness of Aircraft BUT mostly as artillery spotters. It was only when the pilots began carrying pistols and rifles to attack other reconnaissance aircraft that the use of aircraft as armed weapons of war began.
They were invented in 1903 well before the war