cks . ▁It ▁was ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁concentration ▁point ▁for ▁all ▁av iation ▁troops ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁the ▁A EF . ▁ ▁The ▁French ▁employed ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁aircraft , ▁in ▁combat ▁and ▁in ▁training . ▁Americans ▁at ▁Av ord ▁learned ▁on ▁the ▁B ler iot ▁or ▁the ▁Ca ud ron ; ▁prom ising ▁cad ets ▁then ▁passed ▁to ▁the ▁much ▁adm ired ▁N ieu port ▁for ▁advanced ▁purs uit ▁training . I 4 ▁The ▁French ▁could ▁most ▁easily ▁spare ▁the ▁Ca ud ron ▁G - 3 ▁for ▁the ▁American ▁primary ▁school ▁at ▁T ours , ▁which ▁was ▁itself ▁mode led ▁directly ▁on ▁the ▁Ca ud ron ▁course ▁at ▁Av ord . ▁The ▁Ca ud ron ▁G - 3 ▁was ▁a ▁single - engine ▁reconna issance ▁air plane ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁v int age , ▁already ▁out mod ed ▁by ▁bom ber ▁models ▁developed ▁from ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁It ali ans ▁agreed ▁to ▁host ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 5 0 0 ▁cad ets ▁in ▁a ▁school ▁at ▁F og gia , ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 ▁miles ▁sout heast ▁of ▁Rome .” ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁the ▁school , ▁officially ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁A IC ▁under ▁joint ▁American ▁and ▁Italian ▁juris diction , ▁began ▁training ▁the ▁first ▁det achment ▁of ▁forty - six ▁cad ets , ▁all ▁honor ▁gradu ates ▁of ▁American ▁ground ▁schools . ▁The ▁det achment ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁first ▁to ▁Av ord , ▁but ▁when ▁plans ▁for ▁training ▁in ▁Italy