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U.S. Army North hosts First Flight Military Aviation ceremony
March 19, 2025 — U.S. Army North hosted the First Flight Military Aviation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Feb. 28, 2025. This ceremony was held to commemorate the impact of military aviation and the enduring legacy of 1st Lt. Benjamin Foulois’ first military flight at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston on March 2, 1910... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio celebrates one of many historical military firsts
March 11, 2024 — Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston recently celebrated the 114th anniversary of military flight achieved when Army Lt. Benjamin Foulois made history, piloting the Army’s first aircraft Signal Corps Aircraft No. 1, on March 2, 1910... MORE

ARNORTH hosts 113th anniversary celebrating the birth of military flight March 2
February 24, 2023 — U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) will host a celebration of the Birthplace of Military Aviation, which occurred at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on March 2, 1910, using the Wright Flyer. The event pays tribute to the historic significance of the flight and honor the multiple branches that have been brought forth because of this event... MORE

Foulois ushered dawn of military flight at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston

Ceremony commemorates 109th anniversary of first military flight
March 4, 2019 — Military leaders and distinguished guests commemorated the 109th anniversary of the first military flight by Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois during a wreath-laying ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 1... MORE

Col. Peter Velesky, Joint Base San Antonio deputy commander and 502nd Air Base Wing vice commander, gives remarks during a ceremony commemorating the 109th anniversary of the first military flight by Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Flag Pole March 1.

JBSA commemorates first military flight by Foulois in 1910
February 22, 2019 — The legacy of aviation pioneer Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois will be remembered with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Flagpole at 11 a.m. March 1, just a few hundred feet from where the man who helped usher in the dawn of military flight made his historic journey 109 years ago... MORE

The legacy of aviation pioneer Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois will be remembered with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Flagpole at 11 a.m. March 1, just a few hundred feet from where the man who helped usher in the dawn of military flight made his historic journey 109 years ago.

JBSA commemorates anniversary of first military flight
March 2, 2018 — On a morning one guest speaker said would have made for great flying weather, Joint Base San Antonio celebrated the 108th anniversary of the first military flight made by Army Lt. Benjamin Foulois at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on March 2, 1910... MORE

Retired Rear Adm. David "Deke" Philman salutes the flag during the National Anthem at the ceremony celebrating the first military flight, held at the Foulois House at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, March 2. Philman was the guest speaker for the event.

First military flight remembered at JBSA
March 3, 2017 — Members of the JBSA community gathered to celebrate the 107th anniversary of military aviation on March 2 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston MacArthur Parade Field. On March 2, 1910, then U.S. Army Lt... MORE

(Left to right) U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, retired Army Col. Stewart Wyland and retired U.S. Air Force Col. James Humphries lay a wreath at a memorial honoring Army Lt. Benjamin Foulois’ first military flight March 2, 2017. In 1910, Foulois became the first person to make a military flight, from a military facility, in a government owned plane flown by a military-trained pilot.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer)