The Bombing of Naco

Few people realize it but the world’s first aerial combat took place near the Arizona-Mexican border. During frequent revolutions in Mexico during the early 1900’s American barnstorming pilots hired out to fight for one side or another. Despite the fact that it was a violation of American law to take part in the fighting the pay was too good to refuse and these gypsy moths were looking for adventure. In 1911, Hector Worden was hired by the revolutionaries to fly bombing missions against t