Kunyange zvazvo hondo muEurope yakaita kuti Congress iwedzere zvikuru zvikwereti zvechikamu cheAviation muna 1916, yakaisa bhiri raikarakadza dhipatimendi renhandare rinobatanidza mativi ose enhandare dzendege dzehondo. Kuziviswa kwehondo kuGermany pana April 6, 1917, kuchipinza United States muHondo Yenyika I, kwakauya nokukurumidza zvikuru (pasina mwedzi misere pashure pokushandiswa kwayo muMexico ichidzingirira Pancho Villa
) kugadzirisa zvinetso zvitsva zveinjiniya nekugadzira. Kurongwazve kweChikamu cheMhepo kwakanga kusina kukwana mukugadzirisa zvinetso mukurovedza, kuchisiya United States isina kugadzirira chose chose kurwa hondo yemhepo muEurope. Chikamu cheAviation chakanga chine maofficial 131, varwi 1,087, uye ndege dzinenge 280.