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He was ex Army
I say, steady on old chap, Pongo or not, he did invent the Royal Air Force.
...and the Brats to keep it flying.
To be strictly correct he didn't invent the Service (a chap called Smutts has a greater claim to that); indeed, as Commander of the RFC in France, Trenchard argued against the formation of a seperate service. He did though ensure that the Service survived in the Post WW1 era.
Although a great man in many respects, he had a tendancy (like many other airmen of his era) to be doctrinally blinkered and tied to the primacy of strategic bombing (the bomber will always get through). This was partly as a result of his time in command of the Independant Force(IF) (of 'strategic' bombers) in France after he resigned from his first stint as CAS. Even though the IF had little proven operational effect. This focus was often at the expense of other elements of air power - in particular fighter development.