Enlisted History (Chapter 1) Flashcards
What operations in 1956 and 1957 airlifted more than 10,000 Hungarian refugees to the US for asylum after the Soviets crushed an anticommunist uprising in Hungary?
Operations Safe Haven I and II
The CIA planned the 1961 invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in hopes that the Cuban people would overthrow Castro. Who were used as troops?
Cuban exiles
What operation replaced Operation Provide Comfort in January 1997?
Operation Northern Watch
What 1983 operation rescued hundreds of US citizens attending medical school in Grenada after a military coup?
Operation Urgent Fury
At least 15 countries airlifted supplies to Sarajevo. Over the course of the operation, AFR, ANG and active duty units rotated from the US on ___-week deployments.
3
After warring Bosnian parties signed peace accords in Paris in December 1995, what operation replaced Operation Deliberate Force with a mission to implement the agreements in 1996?
Operation Joint Endeavor
What operation gave the first aerial combat victory in NATO’s 45-year history when two US F-16s intercepted six Bosnian Serb jets and shot down four in February 1994?
Operation Deny Flight
Which plane performed three new missions – interdiction, battlefield support and air superiority (counter-airfield) – that hadn’t been considered before the Korean War?
B-29
How was Soviet construction of missile complexes in Cuba first confirmed?
High-altitude U-2 aircraft
What 1975 event triggered the largest aerial evacuation in history?
Fall of Cambodia and South Vietnam to Communist forces
Which operation marked the first campaign in aerial warfare where precision munitions outweighed conventional bombs?
Operation Deliberate Force
In 1994, after former President Jimmy Carter persuaded the military leader of ___ to relinquish control, Operation Uphold Democracy changed from a miltary invasion to an insertion of a multinational peacekeeping force.
Haiti
What was the top priority for assignment of Women’s Army Auxillary Corps during WWII?
Serving at aircraft warning service stations
How long after the first cease-fire were North and South Vietnam officially unified under a Communist regime?
After only three years
In WWI, air power played a minor role. What role did it play in Kosovo?
The only role
What air operation finally convinced the North Vietnamese to resume negotiations?
Operation Linebacker II
Which Airman received one of the first six Combat Action medals, as well as a Bronze Star with Valor, for his actions in Afghanistan on 11 March 2004?
SMSgt Ramon Colon-Lopez
How did the US respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- SAC and TAC geared up for possible invasion of Cuba
- President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade
- President Kennedy negotiated with Soviet Premier Khrushchev
Within ___ months after Desert Storm, strategic bomber crews were ordered to stand down from their decades-long, round-the-clock readiness for nuclear war, signaling that the Cold War was officially over.
six
What operations did the US initiate in Somalia between 1992 and 1994?
- Operation Provide Relief
- Operation Impressive Lift
- Operation Restore Hope I and II
Who was the first person on the 55 most wanted leaders list issued by the coalition during Operation Iraqi Freedom to surrender?
Iraq’s science advisor
What slowed the coalition’s advance during Operation Iraqi Freedom?
Heavy sand storms
Name the loadmaster who saved the life of a paratrooper after his static line fouled, leaving the paratrooper attached to the aircraft.
Sgt Charles H. Tisby
The massive military buildup in Saudi Arabia near Iraq’s border to deter Saddam Hussein’s aggression against the Saudis and prepare for a counterinvasion, if necessary, was called ___.
Operation Desert Shield
When did Operation Desert Storm begin?
15 January 1991
Name the NCO who shot down two MiGs on 12 April 1951, a feat unmatchedby any other gunner.
Sgt Billie Beach
What UN airlift operation to Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina lasted from 1992 to 1996?
Operation Provide Promise
The Serbian government’s oppression of the ___ population in Kosovo, led by President Slobodan Milosevic, turned to viloence and mass killings.
Ethnic Albanian
The first atomic bomb was dropped on ___, Japan in August 1945.
Hiroshima
What operation was prompted by US losses in Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993?
Operation Restore Hope II
Which medal did TSgt Kevin Whalen receive for heroic efforts after his patrol was ambushed in Afghanistan?
Silver Star Medal
When did US commanders declare that Saddam’s regime no longer controlled Baghdad?
9 April 2003
Where did warring Bosnian factions sign peace accords in December 1995?
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
What 1992 operation established a no-fly zone in southern Iraq to discourage renewed Iraqi military activity near Kuwait?
Operation Southern Watch
When did the Third Reich surrender?
May 1945
Enlisted Airmen trained South Vietnamese operational and training crews as Vietnam’s air force grew to become the ___ largest in the world.
Fourth
The Air Force responded quickly to the four unprecedented acts of violence in New York City, western ___ and Washington, DC on 11 September 2001.
Pennsylvania
During the 43-day Desert Storm war with Iraq, the Air Force was the ___ partner of land and sea power for the first time in modern combat.
equal
What operation supported UN Security Council Resolution 688 which protected Shiite Muslims from aerial attack by Saddam Hussein after Operation Desert Storm and enforced other UN sanctions against Iraq.
Operation Southern Watch
The Iraqi regime complied with the Operation Southern Watch no-fly zone until ___.
27 December 1992
When President Clinton expanded the Southern Watch no-fly zone to the 33d parallel just south of ___ in 1997, it meant most of Iraqi airspace fell into no-fly zones.
Baghdad
Historically, enlisted Airmen comprised about ___ percent of America’s air forces.
80
What 1995 operation held Bosnian Serbs accountable for attacks against UN forces and Sarajevo with an incessant air campaign, striking targets throughtout the country?
Operation Deliberate Force
Operation Iraqi Freedom officially began on 20 March 2003. When did it officially end?
1 May 2003
What roles did Airmen performed during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)?
- directed close air support strikes
- recovered downed and wounded personnel
- established forward assault landing strips
Which 1996 event caused the Air Force to reorganize the existing security police units into new security forces groups and squadrons trained and specialized in all aspects of force protection, including terrorist activity and deployed force security?
The bombing at Khobar Towers, Dhahran AB
What NATO operation (1993-1995) attempted to impose a no-fly zone over Bosnia in an effort to limit the war?
Operation Deny Flight
At first, factories were used as training sites. By the end of 1917, where were the two largest special schools and technical institutions the Aviation Section trained mechanics and others?
St. Paul, MN and Kelly Field, TX
A cease-fire agreement was hammered out with the North Vietnamese by ___.
28 January 1973
When the Soviet Union closed off all surface access to Berlin, Germany in June 1948, Maj. Gen. William Turner led the Allied airlift that “built” an air bridge to supply Berlin rather than forcing the blockade and risking World War III. How long did this airlift last?
15 months
