Flies were conditioned in the presence of an air source that could act as a potential attractive cue. (A) Wild-type flies have a preference for an air source. Under no-conditioning, wild-type CS flies show a preference for the side of the chamber with the air source compared to flies not exposed to an air source, evident in negative values (Wilks λ = 0.0378 F(33,313.0) = 20.3, P < 0.00001 for all groups and conditions. Duncan post hoc tests with significant differences are represented, (*) P < 0.05; (**) P < 0.01; (***) P < 0.001). Moreover, the pretest phase in a training experiment also shows a significant negative value compared to flies from the no-air group. In both training conditions, the Training and Post-test phases are strongly positive, but are not statistically distinguishable in the air and no-air groups. (B) There were no preferences for an air source in dnc1 flies compared to flies from the no-air group. Only the Post-test performance of dnc1 flies was significantly lower than that of CS flies in the absence of air. The dnc1 flies had a low Training and Post-test performance in the presence of air compared to CS flies. (C) The rut2080 flies had a significantly lower Training and Post-test performance in the absence of air compared to CS performance levels. Only the Post-test score in rut2080 flies was significantly lower than the CS flies levels in the air groups. The pretest preference was significantly lower in rut2080 flies in the air versus no-air groups. N = 16 trials for CS in each of the conditions; N’s = 8 trials for dnc1 and rut2080 in each of the conditions. Values are presented as means and error bars are SEMs.