Mason Patrick
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Mason Mathews Patrick was a general officer in the United States Army who led the United States Army Air Service during and after World War I and became the first Chief of the Army Air Corps when it w
Patrick in uniform, c. 1926
Gen'l Mason M. Patrick, Chief of U.S. Army Air Service
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, learning to fly. Patrick obtained a rating of Junior Airplane Pilot in 1922 at the age of 59 years.
General Patrick on the cover of the July 23, 1923 issue of Time
Benjamin Foulois
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Benjamin Delahauf Foulois was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, an
Benjamin D. Foulois
Lt. Foulois and Orville Wright in 1909
Lt. Benjamin Foulois and his instructor pilot Phillip Parmelee, 1910
Then Major Ralph Royce (left) with Brigadier General Benjamin Foulois in France, 1918.