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Fort Omaha became the site of America's first military balloon school when the Fort was reactivated in 1916 as the Balloon Section of the American Expeditionary Force, known as the Fort Omaha Balloon School. Captain Chandler, pilot of the first 1909 flight, was named the Commanding Officer.
NASM.XXXX.0276
United States. Army. Air Service. Army Balloon School
[no year]
No donor information., Gift, unknown, XXXX-0276, not NASM
0.66 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This photo album consists of about 60 photographs documenting the activities and training at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, in 1918. Included are photographs of observation balloons from the 79th Balloon Company and Major Henry Rogers, Wing Commander. There are also views from the air and on the field of balloons and men, from Brook Field, San Antonio, Texas, Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin, and Fort Omaha, Nebraska.
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Flight training
Balloons
Aeronautics, Military
Aeronautics
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