Lineage. Organized as the 3 Aero Squadron on 1 Nov 1916. Redesignated Squadron A, Post Field, OK, on 22 Jul 1918. Demobilized on 2 Jan 1919. Reconstituted, and consolidated (1924) with unit organized as 3 Aero Squadron on 13 May 1919. Redesignated: 3 Squadron on 14 Mar 1921; 3 Pursuit Squadron on