Inter-Allied Independent Air Force
Just before the end of the War, on 26 October 1918, the Independent Air Force was re-designated the Inter-Allied Independent Air Force. This force comprised British, French, Italian and American squadrons. Trenchard remained the commander-in-chief but he now came under the command of Marshal Foch who was the supreme commander of Allied forces. On the 14 November, the Inter-Allied Independent Air Force was dissolved and its British squadrons (still titled as the Independent Air Force) were assigned to John Salmond, the commander of the RAF in the field. Brigadier-General Christopher Courtney succeeded Trenchard as commander of the Independent Air Force. The Independent Air Force was disbanded in late 1918 or early 1919.
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