Chapter 1 Flashcards
In June 1907 who went to learn to repair and inflate balloons?
Corporal Edward Ward and Private
Joseph E. Barrett
Who recorded the first successful and useful balloon reconnaissance mission for the Army?
John La Mountain
Who did President Abraham Lincoln interview, and the War Department give $250 for balloon demonstrations, which included the transmission of a telegraph message from aloft; and In August 1861, a Confederate battery fired upon him and his craft although he and the craft escaped unharmed and went on to demonstrate how a balloon could effectively direct artillery fire by telegraph?
Thaddeus Lowe
Which balloon was used during the
Spanish-American War at the battle of San Juan Hill?
Santiago
Who became the first enlisted men assigned to the Signal Corps Small Aeronautical Division, which in time evolved into the United States Air Force?
Effective 2 July 1907, Ward and
Barrett
When was the new three-person U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects created?
August 1907
Who were initially trained in the fundamentals of balloon fabric, manufacture of buoyant gases, and inflation and control of the balloons?
Ward and Barrett
On 28 September 1912, who became the first enlisted person to die in an accident in a military aircraft?
Corporal Frank Scott
When was the 1st Aero Squadron (Provisional) activated?
On 5 March 1913
In who’s honor was Scott Air Force Base (AFB) IL, was named after?
Corporal Frank Scott
When did President Woodrow Wilson order the 1st Aero Squadron (the oldest Air Force squadron) to accompany a force organized to protect the border and apprehend Pancho Villa?
In March 1916
What was known as the “Father of Blind Flight”?
Sergeant William C. Ocker
Who was hand-picked by General Billy Mitchell to scout land parcels near the Potomac River to serve as future airfields?
Sergeant William C. Ocker
Who was an African-American and son of a Georgia former slave that flew for the Lafayette Escadrille?
Corporal Eugene Bullard
What made the air service an official combat arm of the Army
the Army Reorganization Act of 1920
