 In 1910 Risalpur had a former aerodrome and airfield of the Royal Flying Corps, and later the Royal Air Force.During the First World War, the Royal Flying Corps established an airfield and a fighter conversion unit at Risalpur in British India.In the Second World War and by 1940, RAF Risalpur had become both an established training and an operational airfield of the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom.