Pancho Villa, the Army Air Corps and Big Bend National Park

National Parks Traveler ^ | November 11, 2009 | Jim Burnett

[WestTexasWend]

In honor of Veterans Day, here's a look at a mostly forgotten story from the early days of military aviation in our country.

Every NPS area, even if it wasn't created specifically to commemorate a historical event, includes some interesting tales from the past. At Big Bend National Park, one of those stories involves Pancho Villa and the Army Air Corps.

[vetvetdoug]

Doug Baum of the Texas Camel Corps takes folks for camel rides thru that area of the Big Bend. That is one heckuva’ way to see Big Bend.

[Army Air Corps]

Read “Wings over the Mexican Border” by Kenneth Ragsdale.

[JOAT]

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