Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rukunin Jirgin Sama na 3 na Jirgin Sama ya fara ne daga kungiyar 3rd Aero Squadron 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 aika da mambobinsa zuwa Columbus Airfield, New Mexico a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin hukuntawa
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.