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17 January 1921
Minnesota's 109th Squadron (redesignated the 109th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923) became the first post World War I National Guard air unit to receive federal recognition.

21 January 1922
The 125th Squadron, Alabama National Guard, received federal recognition as a Corps Aviation unit. (It was redesignated the 135th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923 and then it was redesignated the 114th Observation Squadron as an aviation unit the 39th Division on 1 May 1923. On 16 January 1924, it was it was redesignated the 106th Observation Squadron as an aviation unit in the 31st Division.) Maj. James A. Meissner, a World War I ace who had flown with Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, led the effort to form the unit and served as its first commander.

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