Over 40 years ago
On 25 APR 1967 we lost another pioneer of the US Army Air Corps…
MG Benjamin Foulois
Major General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, the first chief of the Army Air Corps to be a military aviator, had a number of “firsts” in his long and illustrious career. His accomplishments spanned 56 years during active-duty and retired military aviation service.
He was a contemporary of LtThomas Selfridge, who was the first military aviation fatality when the Wright Flyer he and Orville Wright were flying over Fort Myer, VA in 1908 crashed.
General Hap Arnold, the only 5 star General in two service branches was also contemporary of both MG Foulois and LT Selfridge
Tags: Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, Fort Myer, Hap Arnold, Thomas E. Selfridge, US Air Force, US Army, US Army Air Corps
