| Reason | - Were just the 2 areas purchased by the community the ones which were the "combined area" designated Wright Field, or was the depot land already owned by the Army also part of the total area named "Wright Field"?
- The AAF handbook does not identify the location.
- acreage?
- pilot, mechanic, armorer, or other school?
- Who, e.g., at the dedication, said it was named for both Wright Brothers and not just for Wilbur Wright, as was the preceding airfield?date=September 2013
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| abstract | - Wilbur Wright Field was established in 1917 for World War I on of land adjacent to the Mad River which included the 1910 Wright Brothers' Huffman Prairie Flying Field and that was leased to the Army by the Miami Conservancy District. Logistics support to Wilbur Wright Field was by the adjacent Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot established in January 1918 and which also supplied three other midwest Signal Corps aviation schools. A Signal Corps Aviation School began in June 1917 for providing combat pilots to the Western Front in France, and the field housed an aviation mechanic's school and an armorer's school. On 19 June 1918, Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson at the airfield was testing machine gun/propeller synchronization when a tie rod failure broke the wings off his Airco DH.4M while diving from . Also in 1918, McCook Field near Dayton between Keowee Street and the Great Miami River began using space and mechanics at Wilbur Wright Field.[citation needed] Following World War I, the training school at Wilbur Wright Field was discontinued. Training units assigned to Wilbur Wright Field
* 42d Aero Squadron, August 1917 Re-designated Squadron "I"; October 1918-February 1919
* 44th Aero Squadron, August 1917 Re-designated Squadron "K"; October 1918 Re-designated Squadron "P"; November 1918-April 1919
* 231st Aero Squadron (II), April 1918 Re-designated Squadron "A", July–December 1918; Assigned to Armorers' School
* 246th Aero Squadron (II), May 1918 Re-designated Squadron "L", October 1918-February 1919
* 342d Aero Squadron, August 1918 Re-designated Squadron "M" October 1918 Re-designated Squadron "Q" November 1918-April 1919
* 507th Aero Squadron, July 1918-April 1919
* 512th Aero Squadron (Supply), July 1918-April 1919
* 669th Aero Squadron (Supply), May 1918-April 1919
* 678th Aero Squadron (Supply), February 1918-April 1919
* 851st Aero Squadron, March 1918 Re-designated Squadron "B" July 1918-April 1919 Combat units trained at Wilbur Wright Field
* 12th Aero Squadron, July–November 1917; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 13th Aero Squadron, July–November 1917; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 20th Aero Squadron, July–November 1917; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 43d Aero Squadron, August–December 1917; Transferred to Ellington Field, Texas
* 47th Aero Squadron, August 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 149th Aero Squadron, August 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 159th Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 162d Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 163d Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 166th Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 172d Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces Service units trained at Wilbur Wright Field
* 19th Aero Squadron, July–November 1917; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 151st Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 211th Aero Squadron, December 1917-February 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 255th Aero Squadron, March–June 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 256th Aero Squadron; March–June 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 257th Aero Squadron; March–June 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 258th Aero Squadron; March–June 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 259th Aero Squadron; March–July 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 260th Aero Squadron; March–July 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 265th Aero Squadron; March–July 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
* 287th Aero Squadron, May–July 1918; Transferred to Chanute Field, Illinois
* 288th Aero Squadron, May–July 1918; Transferred to Chanute Field, Illinois
* 827th Aero Squadron (Repair), February–March 1918; Deployed to American Expeditionary Forces
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