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to approve a design. In July it rejected the circular layout proposed for the new base and put forth a plan that placed all buildings in one corner of the property. Just prior to acceptance of the property, Lahm sharply criticized the revision to Fechet and a reconsideration, also on August 16, 1928,
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after his engine failed, and again on May 29, putting the aircraft out of operation for a total of 13 days. After an engine change, the aircraft was much more reliable, but the rainy season shut down the school and he returned to troop duty. On March 10, 1913, he began a second season of instruction,
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in honor of his daughter, and qualified for his balloon pilot's certificate in
November 1904. The elder Lahm made frequent flights and initiated his son during a night ascension in stormy weather. In the summer of 1905, 2nd Lt. Lahm completed the requirements of six ascensions, including one at night
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November 21, 1928. The site was cleared, the basic infrastructure completed, and somewhat less than half the buildings erected when the base was dedicated on June 20, 1930, as the "West Point of the Air", but Lahm's four-year tour as an assistant chief of Air Corps ended in July well before
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on July 2, then transferred in grade to the Air
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Service headquarters in Paris. After doing so, he found himself ranked out of command on November 23, 1917, by now-Col. Charles DeF. Chandler, who had arrived in France as part
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Department trials. After practice hops Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Lahm as a passenger, made the first official test flight on July 27. He and Lahm established a world's record for a two-man
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September 9, 1919, and began studies as a "special student" (because his rank had been reduced below that of field grade) at the General Staff College in Washington D.C., through June 1920. The Air Service was made a statutory part of
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recommended by Lahm after balloon observations and inspections on horseback. Lahm made the first flight at the new field on
October 8. Both officers soloed, with Humphreys going first. After only 14 flights, Lahm was pronounced a pilot on October 26. He Received FAI Airplane certificate No. 2, and
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Antonio, but difficulties finding a site suited to the planned design, and the large size required, forced a resumption of the search in October 1927 out to an expanded distance of 30 miles. While the location problem was being
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Randolph Field was characterized as "providing the administrative initiative and energy required to crystallize these ideas into definite plans and to press them to a successful conclusion," and he is noted by the USAF's
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to France, Spain, and Belgium. Shortly after his arrival in France, his father died in Paris on December 31. In 1933 Lahm became full military attaché to France. He remained in Paris until 1935, with collateral duty as military attaché to the U.S. Embassy in
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as his chief of staff) on July 27. Lahm was shifted to the headquarters of the First Army, which was about to be activated, as Air Officer to its G-3 (Operations) Section. On August 14, with the activation of the army, he was promoted to temporary colonel.
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on the eve of United States participation in World War II but contributed to the growth of the Air Force both during and following the war. Because of his leadership and administration during its construction, Lahm is also known as "the father of
1070:, leaving him a widower with two young children, Lawrence, 12, and Barbara, 8. His father had developed cancer, and Lahm brought him back to the summer home for a final visit. Lahm was promoted to full colonel on October 1, 1931, and sent to the
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to the Philippines, and had been one of Lahm's original detail at Ft. Myer. He was approved after no other officers volunteered for training, and although higher authority later rescinded the authorization, he had already received his FAI
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off the coast of England three hours later, where fog obscured the surface. The morning sun slowly burned off the fog and caused the balloon to ascend to 3,000 meters altitude. Lahm and Hersey established their position over
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recommended the same in December 1926, Lahm appointed a board of five officers on April 18, 1927, to draw up plans for a model airfield. The next day, after reviewing unsolicited plans offered by 1st Lt. Harold L. Clark, an
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positions as assistant chiefs of Air Corps. Lahm was advanced to brigadier general on July 17, 1926, for a four-year tour as an assistant chief, to be commander of the new Air Corps Training Center, established at
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coordinate the training in the schools with a view of bringing them as close together as possible, and particularly with a view to making the transition easier for the students going from one school to the
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in the same capacity to the Air Service, Advance Section, Services of Supply, where he supervised the tactical training of balloon companies before their assignment to the front as artillery spotters.
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to be his chief of staff and began organizing it. He remained in France in command of the Second Army Air Service until it was dissolved on April 15, 1919. His diary entry for that date states:
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history teacher Gertrude Jenner in Mansfield, then rejoined the 7th Cavalry in the Philippines. At the request of the Signal Corps he opened a seasonal flying school on the polo ground of
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training three more officers. On June 17, 1913, before flying was shut down again because the airfield was too muddy, Lahm conducted a 21-mile reconnaissance from Ft. McKinley to
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himself but desired to return to America for Katherine's wedding, and so recruited his son to fly in his place. Accompanied by Major Henry Blanchard Hersey of the
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approved the original circular design. Clark was then detailed for special duty in Washington D.C. as Lahm's liaison with the Construction Service,
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the Army on June 4, 1920, and Lahm applied for transfer to the new branch. He was promoted to major on July 1 and
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246:Frank Samuel Lahm in bowler with fellow ballonists
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2511:"Biographical Note, Frank Purdy Lahm Collection"
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671:Expert Aviator's Certificate No. 15
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2709:USAF Historical Study No. 98
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378:École Impériale de Cavalerie
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1836:, entry "Lahm, Frank Purdy"
1788:"Tour of Historic Randolph"
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1297: Officer of the
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1406:Spanish–American War
991:Randolph Field, 1942
798:Lahm in October 1918
750:William A. Glassford
667:Aero Club of America
575:Thomas Scott Baldwin
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1072:U.S. Embassy, Paris
1044:Quartermaster Corps
1039:Benjamin D. Foulois
1020:Chamber of Commerce
922:Hoboken, New Jersey
864:Colombey-les-Belles
824:British Second Army
516:Fort Myer, Virginia
441:. They landed near
390:AĂ©ro-Club de France
294:Summit County, Ohio
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2562:"Frank Purdy Lahm"
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1991:, pp. 229–230
1456:Air National Guard
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1094:. He received the
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964:brigadier general
887:Thomas D. Milling
840:French Sixth Army
741:Herbert A. Dargue
690:center of gravity
610:, on November 3.
551:Albert L. Stevens
364:second lieutenant
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2754:. Arcadia.
2722:December 4,
2691:December 5,
2494:Kenney 2007
2482:Kenney 2007
2229:Coffey 1982
2113:Kenney 2007
2085:News Digest
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1404:during the
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956:Air Service
765:World War I
694:life jacket
686:S.C. No. 13
663:8th Cavalry
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453:Personality
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368:6th Cavalry
271:congressman
266:lawyer and
260:Samuel Lahm
179:Samuel Lahm
148:World War I
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2568:August 13,
2214:January 7,
2049:Craig 1973
1521:S.C. No. 7
1092:First Army
945:Corps Area
816:Saint-Omer
650:S.C. No. 7
635:S.C. No. 7
622:, Kansas.
620:Fort Riley
567:Fort Omaha
349:West Point
337:gymnastics
279:Matterhorn
77:Allegiance
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2265:Lahm 1970
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1714:Citations
1371:Footnotes
1301:(France)
1068:pneumonia
1008:architect
960:Air Corps
820:Montrouge
769:polo pony
682:S.C. No 7
571:Dirigible
447:Yorkshire
439:North Sea
435:Berkshire
430:lightship
329:Dominican
175:Relations
121:1901–1941
2878:Archived
1801:April 7,
1203:SOURCE:
1127:war bond
1081:Brussels
852:Soissons
844:Vauxbuin
836:Chaumont
754:Calexico
726:adjutant
524:hydrogen
314:baseball
310:football
136:Commands
85:Service/
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1152:, Gen.
1016:Schertz
659:Alabang
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370:, and
264:Canton
154:Awards
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