Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 3rd Flying Training Squadron e pā ana ki te whakahaere o te 3rd Aero Squadron i te 1 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1916 i Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Ko te nuinga o nga rangatira me nga tangata o te Squadron i nekehia mai i te Kura Rererangi i Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, i reira, i taua wa, i whakangunguhia nga kaiurungi ope taua katoa. I reira, i whakakapia e ia te 1st Aero Squadron, i tukuna ona mema ki Columbus Airfield, New Mexico hei waahanga o te haerenga whiu
ki a Pancho Villa. I reira, kua whakahaerehia e te kapa etahi Curtiss JN-3 me etahi pea Curtiss N-8, e whakarite ana kia tukuna ki te tonga ki Columbus.