The Pancho Villa Expedition—now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition, but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition, U.S. Army"—was an unsuccessful military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920.

The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and was the most remembered event of the Mexican Border War.
 

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The Pancho Villa Expedition
historical record
 

• General Pershing called on the Curtiss Flying Jennies to Pursue
  Pancho Villa across Northern Mexico
  - by M.L. Webster
   
• First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission
  - by Andrew V. Pestano
   
• In Pursuit of Pancho Villa
  - by Carroll V. Glines USAF
   
• The 1st Aero Squadron and the Pursuit of Pancho Villa
  - by Gary Glynn
   
• The First U.S. Air Force Mission, 100 Years Ago
  - By Tony Reichhardt

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