Posted on Jul 18, 2021
First Military Aviation Organization: Aviation Section, Signal Corps
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On July 18, 1914, the United States Army Aviation Service first came into being in the Signal Corps. An excerpt from the article:
"The Aviation Section, Signal Corps was created by the 63rd Congress (Public Law 143) on July 18th, 1914 after earlier legislation to make the aviation service independent from the Signal Corps died in committee.
From July 1914 until May 1918 the aviation section of the Signal Corps was familiarly known by the title of its administrative headquarters component at the time, seen variously as the Aeronautical Division, Air Division, Division of Military Aeronautics, and others. For historic convenience, however, the air arm is most commonly referred to by its official designation, the Aviation Section, Signal Corps (ASSC), and is the designation recognized by the United States Air Force as its predecessor for this period."
"The Aviation Section, Signal Corps was created by the 63rd Congress (Public Law 143) on July 18th, 1914 after earlier legislation to make the aviation service independent from the Signal Corps died in committee.
From July 1914 until May 1918 the aviation section of the Signal Corps was familiarly known by the title of its administrative headquarters component at the time, seen variously as the Aeronautical Division, Air Division, Division of Military Aeronautics, and others. For historic convenience, however, the air arm is most commonly referred to by its official designation, the Aviation Section, Signal Corps (ASSC), and is the designation recognized by the United States Air Force as its predecessor for this period."
First Military Aviation Organization: Aviation Section, Signal Corps
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And so our foray into what is now the USAF had begun... What an interesting piece of military history, SGT (Join to see)!
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SSG Edward Tilton
As I see it we have no Constitutional Authority to have an Air Force. The President Commands THE ARMY, THE NAVY, and THE VARIOUS MILITIAS. I know that ship has sailed but if we are doing an Amendment to the Constitution, we could put it in there.
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