Chapter 1 2013 Flashcards

0
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What were the two largest mechanic schools started in World War I

A

St. Paul Minnesota and Kelly Field Texas

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WWI

A

1917-18

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WWII

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1939-45

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What year was the women’s Army auxiliary corps developed and what was their priority

A

1942 and serve at aircraft warning service station

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4
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First Japanese Nuke

A

Enola Gay, 6 August 1945, Hiroshima

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5
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When were blacks reassigned to white units

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1949

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6
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Who were the big three

A

Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D Roosevelt

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Second Japanese Nuke

A

Bock’s Car, 9 August 1945, Nagasaki

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Cold War

A

1948-91

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9
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General who led Berlin airlift

A

William Turner

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10
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Berlin Airlift

A

1948-49

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11
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Who shot down the first North Korean YaK 3

A

B-26 Gunner Staff Sergeant Nyle S Mickley

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12
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Korean War

A

1950-53

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13
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Who shot down two MiGs with his B-29

A

Billie Beach

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14
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Who shot down the first MiG with his B-29

A

LaVene

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15
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Who is the pilot of the U2 shot down by Cuba

A

Major Rudolph Anderson

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16
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War in Southeast Asia

A

1950-75

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17
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Amigos airlift

A

chili 1960

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18
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Air war expands

A

1965-68

19
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Cuban Missile Crisis

A

1962

20
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Gulf war I

A

1990

21
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Operation provide comfort and northern watch

A

1991-2003

22
Q

Which two major airstrikes took place in the beginning of the war in Southeast Asia

A

Flaming dart and rolling thunder

23
Q

Sothern watch

A

1992-2003

24
Q

Who earned the Silverstar defending an airbase during the Tet Offensive

A

Piazza

25
Q

Provide relief, impressive lift, restore hope- Somalia

A

1992-94

26
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Vietnamization and Witdrawl

A

1969-73

27
Q

Operation provide promise, Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina

A

1992-96

28
Q

El Dorado Canyon

A

Libya 1986

29
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Just cause

A

Panama 1989

30
Q

Operation deny flight, Bosnia

A

1993-95

31
Q

Operation Allied force, Kosovo

A

1999

32
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Operation chow hound

A

Netherlands 1945

33
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Urgent fury

A

Grenada 1983

34
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Operations Noble Eagle and enduring freedom

A

September 11th, 2001

35
Q

Operation Anaconda

A

Afghanistan 2002

36
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Operation Iraqi freedom

A

Killed Saddam 2003

37
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Operation uphold democracy Haiti

A

1994

38
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Safehaven I and II

A

Hungary 1956–57

39
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Iraq and Afghanistan

A

2001 to 2014

40
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Silver star for kickin ass in Humvee. Hit three times wounded once, back to work in two days 2003

A

TSgt Kevin Whalen

41
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Bronze star for leading 4 Helo attack on drug kingpin 2004

A

SMSgt Ramon Colon-Lopez

42
Q

30 enemy stronghold turned into 800 and these three still won 2007

A

Wallace, Patton, Orvosh

43
Q

Who resigned as a result of the 2008 nuclear issues

A

Wynne & Moseley

44
Q

How many EOD Airmen have died or been wounded in Afghanistan

A

20 KIA

140 Wounded.