The Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps was the first heavier-than-air military aviation organization in history and the progenitor of the United States Air Force. A component of the U.S. Army Signal
The first Wright airplane arriving at Ft. Myer, VA, 1 September 1908
1st Lt. Frank Lahm and Orville Wright in the first U.S. Army airplane, S.C. No. 1, July 27, 1909
Crashed Wright Flyer that took the life of Selfridge September 17, 1908
Henry H. Arnold at the controls of a Wright Model B airplane 1911
The United States Army Signal Corps is a branch of the United States Army responsible for establishing and managing the communication and information systems for the command and control of the combine
Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps
…1907–1914) was the first heavier-than-air military aviation organization in history and the progenitor of the United States Air Force. A component of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, the Aeronautical Division procured the first powered military aircraft in 1909, created schools to train its aviators, and initiated a rating system…
Standard Issue Civil War Signal Corps Kit, complete with flags and torches.
US Army Signal Corps automobile at the Manassas maneuvers in 1904
World War II recruitment poster (1942)
Radio operator Cpl. John Robbins, 41st Signal, 41st Infantry Division, operating his SCR-188 in a sandbagged hut at Station NYU. Dobodura, New Guinea on 9 May 1943.