The first use of the plane
Airplanes were not seen as useful by the military at the begin of the war. After a while the military deployed planes to gather recon on the enemy and there postions. They did this by flying over enemy lines and taking photos of what they saw. When they were in enemy lines enemy aircraft would fly up and engage in combat. Dog fighting wasn't very efficient because the pilots would carry rifles and pistols as weapons and they were not very effective in the air.