Editing Royal Australian Air Force (section)

===Inter-war period===
The Australian Flying Corps remained part of the [[Australian Army]] until 1919, when it was disbanded along with the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] (AIF). Although the Central Flying School continued to operate at Point Cook, military flying virtually ceased until 1920, when the interim Australian Air Corps (AAC), with a wing each for the Army and the Navy,<ref name=mhhv /> was formed as a unit of the Army.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://airforce2021.airforce.gov.au/journey |title=Our Journey |website= [[RAAF]] |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> The AAC was succeeded by the Australian Air Force which was formed on 31 March 1921.<ref name=Oxford>{{cite book|title= Australian Air Corps|via= The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History|year= 2008|publisher= [[Oxford Reference]]|isbn= 978-0-19-551784-2|access-date= 26 January 2018|url= http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195517842.001.0001/acref-9780195517842-e-92|url-access= subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/history |title=History of the Air Force |website=[[RAAF]] |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="interwar" /> [[George V|King George V]] approved the prefix "Royal" in May 1921 and became effective on 13 August 1921.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Commonwealth of Australia |title=Order |journal=Gazette |date=18 August 1921 |issue=65}}</ref> The RAAF then became the second Royal air arm to be formed in the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]], following the British [[Royal Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/| title=RAAF Museum Point Cook| publisher=Royal Australian Air Force| access-date=7 June 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622124440/http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/| archive-date=22 June 2012| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref> When formed the RAAF had more aircraft than personnel, with 21 officers and 128 other ranks and 153 aircraft.<ref name="interwar">{{cite web| url=http://www.airforce.gov.au/History/interwar.aspx| title=RAAF – The Inter-war years 1921 to 1939| publisher=Royal Australian Air Force| access-date=7 June 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612113132/http://www.airforce.gov.au/history/interwar.aspx| archive-date=12 June 2012| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

As British aircraft manufacturers at the time were unable to meet Australian requirements, in addition to British production demands, the Australian government established the [[Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation]] in 1936 and purchased some American aircraft.<ref>Spencer 2020, pp. 206–207</ref>