Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 3rd Flying Training Squadron inodzokera kusangano re3rd Aero Squadron musi wa1 Mbudzi 1916 paFort Sam Houston, Texas. Vazhinji vevakuru nevarume veSquadron vakatamiswa kubva kuAviation School kuRockwell Field, San Diego, California, uko, panguva iyoyo, vese varwi vehondo vakadzidziswa. Ikoko, yakatsiva 1st Aero Squadron, iyo nhengo dzayo dzakatumirwa kuColumbus Airfield, New Mexico sechikamu chePunitive expedition
vachirwa naPancho Villa. Ikoko, squadron inogona kunge yakashandisa mamwe maCurtiss JN-3s uye zvichida mamwe maCurtiss N-8s, achivagadzirira kutumirwa kumaodzanyemba kuColumbus.