7 August 1911
Flying his own biplane, 1st Lt. Andrew Drew, commander of the Missouri National Guard's Aeronautic Section, became the first individual to earn a private pilot's license while serving in the Guard.
August 1912
Private Beckwith Havens of the New York National Guard's 1st Company, Signal Corps, flew an aircraft that his employer, pioneer aircraft designer Glenn H. Curtiss, had loaned him during National Guard maneuvers with the Army at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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