1915 in Aviation - Events

Events

  • The United States Navy establishes a lighter-than-air arm, charged with the operation of airships and of kite balloons to be towed behind warships. By the end of World War I on November 11, 1918, four of its battleships and six of its destroyers will have operated balloons.
  • The United States Army forms one company of the 2d Aero Squadron for service in the Philippine Islands.

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