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Block 12 - Naval Aviation Heritage Flashcards

1
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Birthday of Naval Aviation

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08 MAY 1911

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What happened on 14 November 1910?

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First take-off from a ship

  • Eugene Ely- Pilot
  • USS Birmingham (CL 2)
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What happened on 08 May 1911?

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Purchase of 2 Glenn Curtiss Bi-planes

  • A-1 Triad- Navy’s first aircraft
  • Birth of Naval Aviation
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What happened on 20 June 1913?

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First fatality of naval aviation

  • ENS William D Billingsley- victim
  • B-2- plane that was piloted
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What happened on 22 october 1917?

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Beginning of maintenance inspectors

  • Ground school at MIT
  • Later called “inspector school”
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What happened on 20 March 1922?

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Navy’s first carrier

  • Converted from a coal-carrier, USS Langley (CV 1)
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What happened in 1948?

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First helo squadrom, and carrier landing

  • HU-1
  • FJ-1 Fury lands on USS Boxer
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What happened on 05 May 1961?

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First American to go to space

  • Aviator Alan B. Shepard Jr.
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What happened on 20-21 July 1969?

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First man on the moon

  • Aviator Neil Armstrong
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What happened in 1994?

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First generation of female pilots

  • USS Eisenhower became the first combat ship to receive women
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Significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea

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  • 7-8 May 1942
  • Neither side’s naval forces saw each other
  • Entirely fought in the air
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Significance of the Battle of Midway

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  • 3-5 June 1942
  • Turning point of WW2
  • 4 Japanese carriers were sunk
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Signifiance of Guadalcanal

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  • 13-15 November 1942

- Death of the Sullivan brothers

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Significance of 2001

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  • 11 September
  • During Operation Enduring Freedom it was mainly executed by air strikes
  • USS Enterprise launches first aircrafts into battle
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15
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Missions of Navy Logistics

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To ensure the right units are receiving the right supplie at the right place at the right time

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Importance of planning to Naval Operations

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Ensures better execution of the mission because of how much information was compiled prior to execution

17
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What was the first jet powered naval aircraft?

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FH-1 Phantom

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