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JBSA celebrates 113th anniversary of first military light
March 3, 2023
113th Anniversary of the first military flight

ARNORTH hosts 113th anniversary celebrating the birth of military flight March 2
February 24, 2023
Foulois ushered dawn of military flight at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston

Foulois ushered dawn of military flight at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston 110 years ago
March 2, 2020
110th anniversary of the first military aerial flight

Foulois, Fort Sam Houston at the front lines developing aerial photography, reconnaissance
February 20, 2018
Photographer James Hare (left) sits aboard the new 1910 Wright “B” aircraft purchased by R.F. Collier, owner of Collier’s magazine, who lent the U.S. Army the airplane in March 1911 after the original 1909  Wright Flyer, Signal Corps No. 1 was retired. The Collier plane, together with a Wright factory pilot, Phillip Parmalee (right), arrived in San Antonio in February 1911, and Lt. Benjamin Foulois began to learn to fly the newer type aircraft. During the next several weeks, these two men demonstrated the advantages to be derived from using the airplane for photographic reconnaissance as well as courier duties between military units.

JBSA commemorates first military flight by Foulois in 1910
February 16, 2018
The first Army aircraft made its first flight March 2, 1910, at Fort Sam Houston with Lt. Benjamin Foulois at the controls. Foulois piloted the Army's first aircraft, Signal Corps Aircraft No. 1, with his first flight lasting only 7 1/2 minutes. He made three more flights that day and on his fourth attempt, the young pilot ended up crashing the airplane.