Benjamin Delahauf Foulois
EARLY YEARS -- Maj. Gen. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois. Transferring to Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, in January 1910, General Foulois was in charge of the first airplane owned and used in the service of the U.S. Army. He was the only pilot, navigator, instructor, observer and commander in the heavier-than-air division of the U.S. Army from November 1909 to April 1911, and made many mechanical improvements, later incorporated in subsequent models of airplanes. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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