http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/03/mexico-march-1916-the-first-us-air-force-mission/ AirSpaceMag.com Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/03/mexico-march-1916-the-first-us-air-force-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Boilerplate, the Mechanical Marvel | The Daily Planet Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:17 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=234#comment-416 [...] Ordinary history books show that when Francisco “Pancho” Villa led a surprise attack on Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, he was hoping to provoke a U.S. military response that would help rally peasant support against the U.S.-backed Mexican president Venstiano Carranza. His tactic worked. The 93 U.S. soldiers deployed in the “Punitive Expedition” had at their disposal various motorcycles, trucks and cars—and eight Curtiss JN-3 biplanes, the U.S. Army’s entire air force. [...] [...] Ordinary history books show that when Francisco “Pancho” Villa led a surprise attack on Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, he was hoping to provoke a U.S. military response that would help rally peasant support against the U.S.-backed Mexican president Venstiano Carranza. His tactic worked. The 93 U.S. soldiers deployed in the “Punitive Expedition” had at their disposal various motorcycles, trucks and cars—and eight Curtiss JN-3 biplanes, the U.S. Army’s entire air force. [...]

]]> http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/03/mexico-march-1916-the-first-us-air-force-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Columbus resident Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:20:15 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=234#comment-36 It is unfortunate that the U.S. Air Force has not fully recognized these historical facts by creating any kind of remembrance monument or site in Columbus, New Mexico to honor these early pioneers of this branch of the armed forces. It is unfortunate that the U.S. Air Force has not fully recognized these historical facts by creating any kind of remembrance monument or site in Columbus, New Mexico to honor these early pioneers of this branch of the armed forces.

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