[Poohbah]

Even though we were the first ones to ever use fixed wing aircraft in battle

Actually, that honor goes to either Italy or Serbia, depending on what your definition of combat usage is.

[Red6]

I don't doubt you, but we used them against Poncho Villa in 1916 before we entered WW1.

http://www.fac-assoc.org/Ancestry/ancestryofforwardaircontrollersthroughtwwii.htm

http://www.hsgng.org/pages/pancho.htm

I'm wrong in what I said. Others did use the fixed wing before us. Thanks, I was under the wrong impression there.

Red6