Thomas D. Milling
American Air Force general
Died when: 73 years 118 days (879 months)Star Sign: Leo
Thomas DeWitt Milling (July 31, 1887 – November 26, 1960) was a pioneer of military aviation and a brigadier general in the U.S.
Army Air Corps.He was the first rated pilot in the history of the United States Air Force.He received his flight training from the Wright Brothers and was awarded Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) pilot certificate No. 30 on July 6, 1911.
Although Milling was not the first U.S.Army aviator, he was the first to receive Military Aviator Certificate No. 1 on July 5, 1912.
Milling also received the first badge awarded to an American military aviator in October 1913.
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