美国海军航空兵诞生于1911年5月8日,以订购第一架飞机为标志,但确切地说应该是1910年11月14日,因为是文职飞行员尤金·伊利驾驶一架“柯蒂斯”双翼飞机从“伯明翰”号巡洋舰甲板特制的平台上起飞。1911年1月18日,他又在“宾夕法尼亚”铁甲巡洋舰上进行了世界上首次舰载着陆。在“海航”发展初期,飞行员只能凭感官判断来操纵飞机的起落。第一次世界大战推动了远距离水上飞机的发展。1919年5月,美海军一架代号 The U.S. Naval Air Force was born on May 8, 1911, with the first aircraft ordered as a sign, but should be exactly November 14, 1910, as a civilian pilot Eugene Erie drives a “Curtis” Biplane took off from a special platform on the “Birmingham” cruiser deck. January 18, 1911, he again in the “Pennsylvania” armored cruiser on the world's first carrier-based landing. In the early days of the development of “Hainan Airlines”, pilots could only control the ups and downs of the aircraft by sensory judgment. World War I propelled the development of long-range seaplanes. May 1919, the United States Navy a codename