U.S. Army
The U.S. Army administered by the U.S. War Department conducted aero activities from 1861. Many of these fell under the auspices of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
This activities received a funding boost with the passage of the 1917 Army Aviation Bill.
The diagrams at right show the organization and chief officers (and board members) concerned with army aeronautics & aviation in 1917. The article which accompanies them in the Air Service Journal, "U.S. Army Air Service", describes the purpose of the divisions and sections.
(Notice that the Signal Corps retained a balloon division, which, it was reported, in 1917 was focusing on captive balloons, with its main training school at Fort Omaha, Nebraska. The Missouri Aeronautical Society was also training pilots at a civilian facility in St. Louis "in accordance with special regulations No. 50, War Department".)
Links
- w:United States Department of War
- List: w:United States Secretary of War#Secretary of War (1789–1947)
Organization names | U.S. Army; United States Army; U.S. War Department; U.S. Department of War |
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Country | US |
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Affiliated with | U.S. War Department, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Union Army Balloon Corps |
Scope | national |
Started aero | 1861 |
Ended aero | |
Keywords | military |
Key people | George O. Squier |
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