Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na November 19, 1915, Foulois duziri ụgbọ elu nke 1st Aero Squadron nke isii Curtiss JN3s si Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, gaa Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, nke ezubere ịbụ saịtị maka ntọala mbụ nke Ngalaba Aviation, San Antonio Air Center. N'afọ 1916, Pancho Villa banyere na New Mexico ma gbuo ndị America 17. Na nzaghachi, Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing e zigara
ha chụgara Villa na Mexico, e nyekwara Foulois iwu ka o were ụgbọelu asatọ iji nye ndị na-eme nchọpụta na nkwukọrịta. Na 15 Machị 1916, Foulois na 1st Aero Squadron rutere Columbus, New Mexico maka ọrụ. N'abalị iri na isii n'ọnwa Machị, Foulois sooro Dodd na-eleba anya n'ụgbọelu ndị agha Amerịka nke mbụ na-efe efe n'elu ala mba ọzọ (na-efefe Mexico na-achọ Villa). N'ime izu asatọ, isii n'ime ụgbọelu ahụ ka e bibiri n'ihi na ụgbọelu ahụ enweghị ike ịnagide elu dị elu, ihu igwe siri ike na ikuku akọrọ.