Original sentence: For a brief period it retained its French planes and mechanics.Most of its veteran members were set to work training newly-arrived American pilots.On February 8, 1918, the squadron was transferred to the United States Army Air Service as the 103rd Pursuit Squadron.The Escadrille had a reputation for daring, recklessness, and a party atmosphere
Edited sentence: At one point, the squadron's cook who had worked at the Ritz Carlton in New York was taken from another unit.For a brief period it retained its planes and mechanics.Most of its veteran members were set to work training newly arriving American pilots.On February 8, 1918, the squadron was reorganized into the United States Army Air Service as the 103rd Pursuit Squadron.Several airmen from all units, both British and French, came calling on the Escadrille.The Escadrille had a reputation for daring, recklessness, and a party atmosphere; the officers' club was notorious.The free-wheeling optimistic style of the Americans was a boon to Allied aviators and servicemen if at all a concern to their French and British superior officers