Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Squadron na 1 shi ne karo na farko da aka tsara a cikin rundunar sojin sama, wanda aka kafa a ranar 5 ga Maris, 1913, a Texas City, Texas, a matsayin 1st Aero Squadron. A watan Maris na 1916, Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta 1, tare da Kyaftin Benjamin D. Foulois a matsayin kwamandan, sun goyi bayan Janar "Black Jack" Pershing
tafiye-tafiye na azabtarwa zuwa Mexico. Pancho Villa ya kai hari a Columbus, New Mexico, kuma Pershing ya bi shi kuma yana fatan kama shi. A ranar 16 ga Maris, 1916, Kyaftin T.F. Dodd, tare da Kyaftin Foulois a matsayin mai kallo, ya tashi jirgin farko na Amurka a cikin yakin basasa. Layin layi a tsakiyar alamar reshe yana wakiltar Rio Grande da ayyukan 1st Aero Squadron a 1916. An shirya 5th Aero Squadron a shekarar 1917 a Kelly Field, Texas, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin rukunin horo na tashi.