Imperial Russian Air Service

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod	1912–1917
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:disbanded	1917
gptkbp:emblem	white, blue, and red roundel
gptkbp:established	1912
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Imperial Russian Air Service
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Red_Air_Fleet
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Voisin_III gptkb:Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets gptkb:Nieuport_17 gptkb:Sikorsky_S-16 gptkb:Anatra_D gptkb:Farman_MF.11 gptkb:Morane-Saulnier_G
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Ivan_Smirnov gptkb:Pyotr_Nesterov gptkb:Alexander_Kazakov gptkb:Grand_Duke_Alexander_Mikhailovich gptkb:Vasily_Yanchenko
gptkbp:notableEvent	first aerial ramming (Pyotr Nesterov, 1914) first four-engine bomber in combat (Ilya Muromets)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Imperial_Russian_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Imperial_Russian_Aeronautical_Service
gptkbp:role	bomber aerial warfare reconnaissance fighter operations
gptkbp:size	approximately 263 aircraft at start of World War I over 1,000 aircraft by 1917
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Soviet_Air_Forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Soviet_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5