Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 3 ta fara ne daga kungiyar Sojan Sama ta 3 a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1916 a Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Yawancin jami'ai da maza na Squadron an canja su daga Makarantar Jirgin Sama a Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, inda, a lokacin, duk masu horar da jirgin sama na Sojoji suka horar da su. A can, ya maye gurbin 1st Aero Squadron, wanda aka tura membobinta zuwa Columbus Airfield, New Mexico a matsayin wani ɓangare na
Ziyara ta azabtarwa a kan Pancho Villa. A can, rundunar ta iya aiki da wasu Curtiss JN-3s da yiwuwar wasu Curtiss N-8s, suna shirya su don a tura su kudu zuwa Columbus.