1st Corps Observation Group (World War I)
| 1st Corps Observation Group | |
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1st Aero Squadron, Julvecourt Aerodrome, France, November 1918
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| Active | 21 April 1918-15 April 1919 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 Air Service, United States Army
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| Type | Group |
| Role | Command and Control |
| Part of | American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) |
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| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol |
 1st Aero Squadron  12th Aero Squadron  50th Aero Squadron |
The I Corps Observation Group was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I as part of the Air Service, First United States Army. It was demobilized in France after the 1918 Armistice with Germany on 15 April 1919.
There is no modern United States Air Force or Air National Guard unit that shares its lineage and history.
The mission of the group was primarily to keep the friendly command informed of the general situation within the enemy lines by means of visual and photographic reconnaissances. It was called upon to effect, whenever necessary, the adjustment of U.S. Army artillery fire. In addition, it was expected that the group would serve to complete the schooling of pilots and observers and render them more competent to undertake intensive operations elsewhere on a larger and more complete scale.
Organized in April 1918 as 1st Corps Observation Group. The assigned 1st Aero Squadron was the first American air unit to ever see action in France, being the same unit which served under General John J. Pershing as part of the Pancho Villa Expedition while chasing Pancho Villa into Mexico in 1916.
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