Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - 3rd Flying Training Squadron ụbọchị na nhazi nke 3rd Aero Squadron na 1 Nọvemba 1916 na Fort Sam Houston, Texas. A na-ebufe ọtụtụ ndị isi na ndị agha nke Squadron site na Aviation School na Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, ebe, n'oge ahụ, a na-azụ ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ elu ndị agha niile. N'ebe ahụ, ọ nọchiri 1st Aero Squadron, nke e zigara ndị otu ya na Columbus Airfield, New Mexico dị ka akụkụ nke njem Punitive
megide Pancho Villa. N'ebe ahụ, ndị agha ahụ nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ ụfọdụ Curtiss JN-3s na ikekwe ụfọdụ Curtiss N-8s, na-akwadebe ha ka e ziga ha na ndịda Columbus.