Biography

Superior: United States. Army. Signal Corps

Successor: United States. Army. Air Service

Existence: July 18, 1914-24 Jul 2017

Historical Note: LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: United States. Army. Air Corps; 1910 field regulations of the War Dept. provided for an aeronautical company of the Signal Corps; on July 18, 1914, Congress created the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps; known as the Air Service after the Aviation Act of July 24, 1917; became coordinate branch of the army by Army Reorg. Act of 1920)