, ▁Love ▁Field , ▁Post ▁Field , ▁Rich ▁Field , ▁and ▁H icks ▁Field . ▁U sed ▁Love ▁Field ▁for ▁test ▁fl ights ▁of ▁rep a ired ▁machines . ▁ ▁American ▁Ex ped ition ary ▁Force ▁Training ▁Upon ▁deployment ▁to ▁France , ▁additional ▁training ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Air ▁Inst ruction al ▁Cent ers ▁( A IC ) s ▁in ▁France ▁using ▁French ▁and ▁British ▁aircraft ▁that ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁combat ▁squad rons ▁at ▁the ▁front . ▁ ▁This ▁supp lement al ▁training ▁was ▁provided ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁necessary ▁equipment ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Early ▁intent ions ▁to ▁conduct ▁only ▁advanced ▁training ▁in ▁Europe ▁immediately ▁went ▁aw ry . ▁Because ▁the ▁structure ▁for ▁primary ▁flight ▁training ▁had ▁yet ▁to ▁be ▁ere cted ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁because ▁European ▁facilities ▁appeared ▁to ▁have ▁space , ▁ ▁it ▁was ▁arranged ▁for ▁several ▁hundred ▁American ▁cad ets ▁to ▁be ▁admitted ▁to ▁French ▁training ▁schools , ▁and ▁he ▁contact ed ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁It ali ans ▁to ▁obtain ▁similar ▁commit ments . ▁The ▁English ▁accommod ated ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 ▁men , ▁and ▁approximately ▁ 5 0 0 ▁cad ets ▁went ▁to ▁F og gia , ▁Italy , ▁for ▁primary ▁training . ▁ ▁The ▁largest ▁number ▁of ▁men ▁found ▁themselves ▁in ▁France . ▁The ▁Air ▁Service ▁partially ▁gave ▁over ▁the ▁Third ▁A viation ▁Inst ruction ▁Center ▁( 3 d ▁A IC ) ▁at ▁Iss oud un ▁A ird rome , ▁France , ▁originally ▁intended ▁for ▁advanced ▁instruction ,