Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutevera kurwisa kwaVilla paColumbus, New Mexico, musi wa9 March 1916, 1st Aero Squadron yakabatanidzwa neChikwata chaMajor General John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition
. Yakanga iine vatyairi vechikepe gumi nevaviri, varume makumi masere nevatanhatu (kusanganisira vanachiremba vaviri), makanika wevanhu, uye vaitsigirwa nemukuru weinjiniya nevarume gumi nevana. Masere Curtiss JN-3s vakanga disassembled pana Fort Sam Houston musi 12 March uye nengarava zuva rakatevera rails kuna Columbus, pamwe hafu chikwata wacho motorized chokufambisa: gumi Jeffrey marori, imwe motokari, uye matanhatu midhudhudhu. Mamwe marori maviri akagamuchirwa muColumbus uye marori ose akagoverwa kumukuru mukuru webasa racho. MaJN-3 akaunganidzwazve sezvo akaburitswa musi wa 15 Kurume, musi wakatanga kufamba chikwata chemuMexico. Basa rokutanga rokucherechedza rakaitwa nechikwata chacho, uye rokutanga rokuongorora uto reAmerica richibhururuka pamusoro penzvimbo yokumwe, rakaitwa zuva rakatevera racho uye rakapedza maminitsi 51 Dodd ari pazvinhu zvinodzora uye Foulois achicherechedza.