Aviation Service Act

Aviation Service Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long title An Act to increase the efficiency of the aviation service of the Army, and for other purposes.
Nicknames Aviation Service Act of 1914
Enacted by the 63rd United States Congress
Effective July 18, 1914
Citations
Public law 63-143
Statutes at Large 38 Stat. 514
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 5304
  • Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on July 18, 1914

The Aviation Service Act is a U.S. law. It created within the Signal Corps an Aviation Section to replace the Aeronautical Division. It directed the Aviation Section to operate and supervise "all military [U.S. Army] aircraft, including balloons and aeroplanes, all appliances pertaining to said craft, and signaling apparatus of any kind when installed on said craft."[1] The section would also train "officers and enlisted men in matters pertaining to military aviation," and thus embraced all facets of the Army's air organization and operation. The old Aeronautical Division continued to exist, but operated as the Washington office of the new section.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
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