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5 MARCH 1913 - 1st ARMY AERO SQUADRON ESTABLISHED
The U.S. Army's first aviation unit was established at a field near Texas City, Texas when Signal Corps Aeronautical Division Field Order Number 1 officially organized Headquarters 1st Aero Squadron (Provisional).

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Commanded by Signal Corps Captain Charles de Forest Chandler, the squadron had nine Curtis JN-2 and JN-3 airplanes, and was formed into two companies. The unit became permanent on 8 December 1913 with two companies consisting of eight aircraft each.

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The men and their flying machines were assembled from several locations in the United States to form the 1st Aero Squadron and assigned to the 2d Division of an army assembling near Galveston and Texas City, Texas.

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