Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan da Villa ya kai hari a Columbus, New Mexico, a ranar 9 ga Maris, 1916, an ba da rundunar sojin sama ta 1 ga Janar Janar John J. Pershing
Tafiya ta azabtarwa. Ya kunshi matukan jirgi 11, sojoji 84 (ciki har da likitoci biyu), wani injiniyan farar hula, kuma wani jami'in injiniya da mutane 14 ne suka tallafa masa. An rarraba Curtiss JN-3s takwas a Fort Sam Houston a ranar 12 ga Maris kuma aka tura su washegari ta hanyar jirgin kasa zuwa Columbus, tare da rabin jigilar motocin jirgin: manyan motocin Jeffrey goma, mota daya, da babura shida. An karɓi wasu manyan motoci guda biyu a Columbus kuma an sanya dukkan manyan motocin ga mai kula da tafiyar. An sake tattara JN-3s kamar yadda aka sauke su a ranar 15 ga Maris, ranar da aka fara tafiya zuwa Mexico. An fara aikin lura na farko da rundunar ta tashi, kuma jirgin farko na binciken sojan Amurka a kan yankin kasashen waje, ya tashi a rana mai zuwa kuma ya ɗauki minti 51 tare da Dodd a kan kula da Foulois.