First Edition

HC/DJ

Davis traces the development of American military aviation beginning with the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, the Army's air arm from 1914 to 1918, through the creation of the Air Service, Air Corps, Army Air Forces, and eventually the independent U.S. Air Force. 

The book discusses:

• The origins of Army aviation before and during World War I.
• The training of the first American military pilots.
• Early aircraft, equipment, and flying techniques.
• The expansion of U.S. aviation after America's entry into WWI.
• The organizational changes that led to the establishment of the United States Air Force in 1947.