Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 3rd Flying Training Squadron yakatangira pakurongwa kwe3rd Aero Squadron musi wa 1 November 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 che
Rwendo rwokuranga Pancho Villa. Ikoko, squadron inogona kunge yakashandisa mamwe maCurtiss JN-3s uye zvichida mamwe maCurtiss N-8s, achivagadzirira kutumirwa kumaodzanyemba kuColumbus.