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WarBirds Dawn of Aces, World War I Air Combat download for pc compressed







































The dawn of World War I started out relatively peaceful, with few stories about the deadly aerial combat that was to come. Many people don't even consider it a war and many aircraft were destroyed before flying into battle. However, the machine-gun armed Aircraft 1 and its crew quickly became known as "the assassins of the sky." Their glory days came early in 1915 when they shot down an observation balloon carrying a French General. From then on, they became heroes and their name became synonymous with daring air combat against the enemy. The dawn of World War I started out relatively peaceful, with few stories about the deadly aerial combat that was to come. Many people don't even consider it a war and many aircraft were destroyed before flying into battle. However, the machine-gun armed Aircraft 1 and its crew quickly became known as "the assassins of the sky." Their glory days came early in 1915 when they shot down an observation balloon carrying a French General. From then on, they became heroes and their name became synonymous with daring air combat against the enemy. Apache Squadron was formed in January 1912 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Its predecessor was the 1st Aero Squadron in October 1911, which grew to 5 officers and 33 enlisted pilots after two years in service. On 1 April 1912, this group of pilots departed New Orleans for Avenger Field (later renamed Kelly Field) near San Antonio Texas. On 14 April 1912, the 1st Aero Squadron was ordered to San Antonio to provide protection for the Mexican Boundary Survey Expedition. While at Avenger Field, it was reorganized into the 1st Aero Squadron. The Aviation Section, Air Service No. 2, under Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Langley, was formed 30 September 1912 in New York City. It also served at Kelly Field until 1 April 1913 when it moved to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio Texas. The Apache Squadron was formed in January 1912 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Its predecessor was the 1st Aero Squadron in October 1911, which grew to 5 officers and 33 enlisted pilots after two years in service. On 1 April 1912, this group of pilots departed New Orleans for Avenger Field (later renamed Kelly Field) near San Antonio Texas. On 14 April 1912, the 1st Aero Squadron was ordered to San Antonio to provide protection for the Mexican Boundary Survey Expedition. While at Avenger Field, it was reorganized into the 1st Aero Squadron. The Aviation Section, Air Service No. 2, under Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Langley, was formed 30 September 1912 in New York City. It also served at Kelly Field until 1 April 1913 when it moved to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio Texas. On 5 February 1914, the unit was again reorganized as the 1st Company (Observation), Aviation Section, Signal Corps and remained at Fort Sam Houston as part of the I group, 1st Provisional Aero Squadron. The unit was redesignated as Company A (Observation) on 31 August 1914 and remained at Fort Sam Houston. On 8 September 1915, it was called into federal service and moved to San Diego California on 21 September 1915 for overseas deployment. eccc085e13

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