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1
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Who recorded the first successful and useful baloon reconnaissance mission for the army?

A

John La Mountain

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2
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When did the Wright bros first fly?

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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903

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3
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Who was the first enlisted pilot?

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Vernon Burge

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What is the oldest Air Force Squadron?

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1st Aero Squadron

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5
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Know as “Father of Blind Flight”

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William C. Ocker

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The two battle ships that were used as targets for the Army air service

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USS New Jersey and USS Virginia

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He scored two direct hits on the two test battleships

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Ulysses Nero

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8
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Who was the first to try the backpack style parachute?

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Sergeant Ralph Bottriell

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9
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When was the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) created?

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May 1942

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Who saved 20 rangers who were trapped behind enemy lines? U.S. Ranger was scrawled into the sand.

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Staff Sergeant James Nichols

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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

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Chief Paul Airey.

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12
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Which planes droped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Enola Gay and Bock’s Car

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13
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Who earned the first Medal of Honor?

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Maynard H. Smith

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14
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He was the last to get the medal of honor in the European Theater and died crash landing his plane after saving the crew.

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Sergeant Archibald Mathies

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15
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When was the National Security Act signed by President Truman, creating the Air Force.

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26 July 1947

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16
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She was the first woman in the Air Force

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Esther Blake

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17
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Who was the first one to shoot down a Korean YaK-3?

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Sergeant Nyle S. Mickley

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18
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Who was the first to down two MiGs from a B-29?

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Corporal Harry LaVene

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19
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When was the Cuban Missile Crisis which brought the world close to nuclear war?

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1962

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20
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Which operation was a result of the Viet Congs attack of Camp Holloway in Vietnam?

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Operation Flaming Dart

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21
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What was the first sustained bombing campaign of the war against North Vietnam?

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Rolling Thunder

22
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He threw a flare from an AC-47 and cut the lines from its parachute

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Sergeant Parnell Fisher

23
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He earned the Medal of Honor for throwing a flare out of a damaged AC-47 after being wounded by 40 pieces of shrapnel.

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A1C John Levitow

24
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He organized and coordinated rescue efforts, cared for wounded, braved intense gunfire to distribute ammo, returned fire when he could, ultimatly loosing his life.

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William Pitsenbarger

25
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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.

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Chief Richard Etchberger

26
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This mission lasted 11 days and used B-52s from Andersen AFB to bomb Vietnamese cities.

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Linebacker II

27
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What was one of the first examples of aircraft being used to render assistance?

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Victims of a Rio Grande flood in 1919

28
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This operation airlifted over 10000 Hungarian refugees to the U.S.

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Operation Safe Haven I and II

29
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This was the largest aerial evacuation in history

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Operation Babylift, New Life, Frequent Wind, and New Arrivals

30
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Grenada

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Operation Urgent Fury

31
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President Reagan established in principle a U.S. policy of preemptive and retaliatory strikes against terrorists with this..

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National Security Decision Directive 138

32
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This was the first time night time vision goggles were used. President Bush, 1989, Largest air operation since Vietnam.

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Operation Just Cause

33
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This was a defensive move against Saddam Hussein, Iraq, from moving into Saudi Arabia.

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Operation Desert Shield

34
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After Saddam missed his final deadline this operation began, within 24 hours the air was won, lasted 43 days

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Operation Desert Storm

35
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Kurdish, Turkey humanitarian relief

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Operations provide Comfort and Northern Watch

36
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This became the test for the AEF concept, Iraq, 1992-2003, no-fly zone over S. Iraq

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Operation Southern Watch

37
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To relieve suffering of refugees near the Kenya-Somalia border..1992..2 year civil war, famine

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Operation Provide Relief

38
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President Bush authorized this operation to establish order in Somalia so that food could reach those in need, 1993

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Operation Restore Hope

39
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Despite his own wounds he provided life saving medical treatment, 18-hour combat, Mogadishu, Air Force Cross

A

Timothy Wilkinson

40
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Tasked with only stabilizing the situation in Mogadishu

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Operation Restore Hope 2

41
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Last minute change indicated the flexibility of airpower, Haiti, 1994,

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Operation Uphold Democracy

42
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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

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Operation Provide Promise

43
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This was an effort to limit the war in Bosnia through imposition of a no-fly zone

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Operation Deny Flight

44
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This marked the first campaign in aerial warfare where precision munitions outweighed conventional bombs

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Operation Deliberate Force

45
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Kosovo, 1999, prevent ethnic cleansing

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Operation Allied Force

46
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11 Sept 2001, american fighters began combat air patrols

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Operation Noble Eagle

47
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This took the fight to the terrorist, provide humanitarian airlift to the oppressed people of Afghanistan and military actions to root out terrorists

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Operation Enduring Freedom

48
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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

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SrA Jason Cunningham

49
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He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, is credited with saving entire rescue team atop Takur Ghar Mountain

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John A. Chapman

50
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Shock and Awe, March - May 2003, Scott Sather was first Airman killed

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

51
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The first SF airman and first female to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom

A

Elizabeth Jacobson

52
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Nuristan Province, called in multiple close air support, hit 3 times,

A

Zachary Rhyner

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