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 Air Forces was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immedia
Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps
…United States Army Air Corps July 2, 1926 – June 20, 1941 United States Army Air Forces June 20, 1941 – September 18, 1947 United States Air Force September 18, 1947 – present…
General of the Army Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold
USAAF recruitment poster
Tuskegee Airmen War bonds poster
1943 portrait of WAC air controller