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Maj. Raoul G. Lufbery

Early Years -- Maj. Raoul G. Lufbery (Courtesy photo)
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Samuel P. Langley

Early Years -- Samuel P. Langley (Courtesy photo)
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Gen. Henry H. (Hap) Arnold

Early Years -- Gen. Henry H. (Hap) Arnold (Courtesy photo)
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Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois

Early Years -- Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois (Courtesy photo)
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Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois

Early Years -- Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois (Courtesy photo)
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Wright Type A Airplane

EARLY YEARS -- Wright Type A Airplane - Orville Wright at Ft. Myer, Va. - Sept. 9, 1908
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Orville Wright at Ft. Myer, VA

EARLY YEARS -- Orville Wright at Ft. Myer, VA -- September 9, 1908
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The Curtiss P-1 Hawk

EARLY YEARS-- The Curtiss P-1 Hawk was the first US Army aircraft to be assigned the P (Pursuit) designation. The first production P-1, serial number 25-410, was delivered on 17 August, 1925.
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P-12

EARLY YEARS-- The Army Air Corps received, between 1929 and 1932, a total of 366 P-12s.
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Curtiss JN4-H Jenny

EARLY YEARS-- Lt. George Boyle gets ready to fly a modified Curtiss JN4-H Jenny during the inauguration of U.S. airmail service in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1918. Unfortunately, Lt. Boyle got lost and didn't arrive at his destination.
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Early aviators

EARLY YEARS -- (From left to right) Capt. Hennessy, Lt. H.H. Arnold, Lt. Roy C. Kirtland, Capt. Frank N, Kennedy, Lt. McLeary, Lt. Harold Geiger, Lt. Thomas D. Milling and Lt. Louis C. Rockwell at College Park, Md., 1911.
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Air Service Corps

EARLY YEARS -- Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, Maj. Gen. James. E. Fechet and Brig. Gen. H.C. Pratt
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Frank Lahm

EARLY YEARS -- Col. Frank Lahm, the first man to be rated a pilot in the U.S. military service, flew with Orville Wright in the first cross country flight.
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First Flight

EARLY YEARS -- KITTY HAWK, NC -- First flight, Dec. 17, 1903. Distance, 120 feet. Time, 12 seconds. Orville Wright at controls. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Billy Mitchell's court-martial

A scene taken from Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell's court-martial in 1925. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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William C. Ocker, Father of Blind Flying

EARLY YEARS -- William C. Ocker, the father of "Blind Flying," flew from Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, to March Field, California in a covered cockpit to prove that a pilot's instrumentation could be more reliable than his own natural senses. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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William C. Ocker, Father of Blind Flying

William C. Ocker, the father of "Blind Flying," flew from Brooks Field in San Antonio to March Field, Calif., in a covered cockpit to prove that a pilot's instrumentation could be more reliable than his own natural senses. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Charles Lindberg

EARLY YEARS -- MAY 21, 1927 -- Charles Augustus Lindberg becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Flying in his "Spirit of St. Louis" he takes less than 34 hours to fly from Roosevelt Field, near New York City, to Paris, France. He was greeted upon his arrival by a frenzied crowd of more than 100,000 people at Le Bourget Field. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Eddie Rickenbacker

EARLY YEARS -- Edward "Eddie" Vernon Rickenbacker was the American "Ace of Aces" in World War I. Born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, he gained fame as a race car driver before joining the service. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Eddie Rickenbacker

EARLY YEARS -- Capt. E.V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker wearing the Medal of Honor. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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