History Flashcards
Who recorded the first successful and useful baloon reconnaissance mission for the army?
John La Mountain
When did the Wright bros first fly?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903
Who was the first enlisted pilot?
Vernon Burge
What is the oldest Air Force Squadron?
1st Aero Squadron
Know as “Father of Blind Flight”
William C. Ocker
The two battle ships that were used as targets for the Army air service
USS New Jersey and USS Virginia
He scored two direct hits on the two test battleships
Ulysses Nero
Who was the first to try the backpack style parachute?
Sergeant Ralph Bottriell
When was the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) created?
May 1942
Who saved 20 rangers who were trapped behind enemy lines? U.S. Ranger was scrawled into the sand.
Staff Sergeant James Nichols
Who was the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967? He was a POW for 10 months and survived a 90 day march from the baltic sea to berlin
Chief Paul Airey.
Which planes droped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Enola Gay and Bock’s Car
Who earned the first Medal of Honor?
Maynard H. Smith
He was the last to get the medal of honor in the European Theater and died crash landing his plane after saving the crew.
Sergeant Archibald Mathies
When was the National Security Act signed by President Truman, creating the Air Force.
26 July 1947
She was the first woman in the Air Force
Esther Blake
Who was the first one to shoot down a Korean YaK-3?
Sergeant Nyle S. Mickley
Who was the first to down two MiGs from a B-29?
Corporal Harry LaVene
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis which brought the world close to nuclear war?
1962
Which operation was a result of the Viet Congs attack of Camp Holloway in Vietnam?
Operation Flaming Dart
What was the first sustained bombing campaign of the war against North Vietnam?
Rolling Thunder
He threw a flare from an AC-47 and cut the lines from its parachute
Sergeant Parnell Fisher
He earned the Medal of Honor for throwing a flare out of a damaged AC-47 after being wounded by 40 pieces of shrapnel.
A1C John Levitow
He organized and coordinated rescue efforts, cared for wounded, braved intense gunfire to distribute ammo, returned fire when he could, ultimatly loosing his life.
William Pitsenbarger
In 1968 a secret base was overran and this man held off the enemy. Later he was fatally wounded after saving the lives of many of his crew.
Chief Richard Etchberger
This mission lasted 11 days and used B-52s from Andersen AFB to bomb Vietnamese cities.
Linebacker II
What was one of the first examples of aircraft being used to render assistance?
Victims of a Rio Grande flood in 1919
This operation airlifted over 10000 Hungarian refugees to the U.S.
Operation Safe Haven I and II
This was the largest aerial evacuation in history
Operation Babylift, New Life, Frequent Wind, and New Arrivals
Grenada
Operation Urgent Fury
President Reagan established in principle a U.S. policy of preemptive and retaliatory strikes against terrorists with this..
National Security Decision Directive 138
This was the first time night time vision goggles were used. President Bush, 1989, Largest air operation since Vietnam.
Operation Just Cause
This was a defensive move against Saddam Hussein, Iraq, from moving into Saudi Arabia.
Operation Desert Shield
After Saddam missed his final deadline this operation began, within 24 hours the air was won, lasted 43 days
Operation Desert Storm
Kurdish, Turkey humanitarian relief
Operations provide Comfort and Northern Watch
This became the test for the AEF concept, Iraq, 1992-2003, no-fly zone over S. Iraq
Operation Southern Watch
To relieve suffering of refugees near the Kenya-Somalia border..1992..2 year civil war, famine
Operation Provide Relief
President Bush authorized this operation to establish order in Somalia so that food could reach those in need, 1993
Operation Restore Hope
Despite his own wounds he provided life saving medical treatment, 18-hour combat, Mogadishu, Air Force Cross
Timothy Wilkinson
Tasked with only stabilizing the situation in Mogadishu
Operation Restore Hope 2
Last minute change indicated the flexibility of airpower, Haiti, 1994,
Operation Uphold Democracy
1992 U.S. recognized Bosnia’s independence, began airlifting relief to Sarajevo, C-130 was the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to suffer damage from the operation
Operation Provide Promise
This was an effort to limit the war in Bosnia through imposition of a no-fly zone
Operation Deny Flight
This marked the first campaign in aerial warfare where precision munitions outweighed conventional bombs
Operation Deliberate Force
Kosovo, 1999, prevent ethnic cleansing
Operation Allied Force
11 Sept 2001, american fighters began combat air patrols
Operation Noble Eagle
This took the fight to the terrorist, provide humanitarian airlift to the oppressed people of Afghanistan and military actions to root out terrorists
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Anaconda, Robert’s Ridge, Despite mortal wounds he saved 10 people and made it possible for 7 others who were killed to come home
SrA Jason Cunningham
He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, is credited with saving entire rescue team atop Takur Ghar Mountain
John A. Chapman
Shock and Awe, March - May 2003, Scott Sather was first Airman killed
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The first SF airman and first female to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Elizabeth Jacobson
Nuristan Province, called in multiple close air support, hit 3 times,
Zachary Rhyner
