Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force

Interwar The office was officially created in December 1928 in the 1929 Law of Finances. It proposed the creation of a high command for the Military Aeronautics, still under the authority of the Army, which would succeed the function of the Direction of Military Aeronautics. The French Air Force became independent in 1934, and the Chief obtained full authority. World War II After the armistice, Germany imposed severe restrictions on the size of the French Air Force. As a result, the scope of authority of the Chief was limited, and the office was ultimately eliminated alongside the Air Force. Postwar Free France and the subsequent governments of the re-established French Republic recreated the office at the end of the war. == Office holders ==

Third Republic French State Provisional Government Fourth Republic Fifth Republic == Free France ==

From its creation in 1940 to the final integration of its air force to the regular French Air Force, Free France had its own staff, based in London. The Free French Aerial Forces were headed by a Commander, responsible to the Commander-in-Chief of the Free French Forces, and was assisted by a Chief of the General Staff. Commanders of the Free French Aerial Forces Chiefs of the General Staff == See also ==