Among the world's three major air forces, Germany itself counted as an air power, and it had also fully absorbed the former Austro-Hungarian Empire's air force and aviation industry.
From the First World War until the end of House of Habsburg rule, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's air force had continued to develop.
In 1912, the Austro-Hungarian Empire officially established aviation units subordinate to the army.
Throughout the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire produced more than five thousand aircraft. Its Phoenix and Aviatik companies were both outstanding aircraft manufacturers.
Therefore, by the end of the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's aviation industry had already been fully established, and it continued to advance throughout the postwar 1920s.
Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's air force and aviation industry could only rank in the world's second tier. But one had to understand clearly that even the second tier could still be called an air power and a major aviation manufacturing nation.
After all, countries with independent aviation manufacturing industries were few and far between, and Germany inherited the Austro-Hungarian Empire's principal air force assets.
However, for Germany, what was more valuable was taking in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's aviation manufacturing talent and industry. This expanded both Germany's aircraft production capacity and its range of aircraft types.
Besides Germany, the Kingdom of Dalmatia and East Africa also received part of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire's aviation manufacturing legacy.
The Kingdom of Dalmatia benefited from its abundant aluminum ore resources, and had therefore originally been an important link in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's aviation industry. Even now, it remained an important supplier to Germany's aviation sector.
Through its entanglement of interests with House of Habsburg, East Africa had absorbed a small number of personnel and technologies from the Austro-Hungarian Empire's aviation manufacturing industry before its collapse.
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