Oct 18 1917

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McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, was established as an aeronautical experimental station by the Signal Corps.

British De Havilland DH-4 ordered into series production in the United States 6 months after U.S. entry into World War I. By the end of the war, about 4,500 had been built, and of the total of 1,216 American-built planes to reach the Western Front, all but three (two Le Peres and one experimental DH-9) were DH-4's.

The Aviation Medical Research Board was established by the Signal Corps.

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