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NST Ch 1 Flashcards

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In 1967, first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force was

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Paul Airey

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In 1988, the first Air Force POW medal was awarded to CMSgt

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Paul Airey

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On March 15, 1945, Sergeant Sandy Sanchez flew 44 missions as a gunner and gave his life in a raid against

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Nazi Oil refinery

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4
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The United States Air Force came into being as a separate organization in September,

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1947

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In June 1948, _________ closed off all surface access to the city of Berlin.

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The Soviet Union

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During the Berlin airlift the expert in charge of the airlift operation was

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Major General William Tunner

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During the Berlin airlift there were this many flights into Berlin which flew 2,300,000 tons of supplies to 2.3 million people in the western sectors of Berlin

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277,804

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Fearing that an attempt to force a blockade of Berlin on the ground would precipitate World War III the allies Built an ____ bridge into Berlin

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Air

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9
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One outcome of the Berlin blockade was

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the beginning of the cold war between the US and Russia

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During the Korean War who served as door gunners aboard the B-26 for the first several months of the conflict and B- 29 aircraft throughout the war?

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Enlisted personnel

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In 1959 the dictator of Cuba was overthrown by who

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FiDel Castro

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12
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President Truman _____ authorize the CIA to plan an invasion of Cuba

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Did not

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In 1960 President Eisenhower _____ order an invasion of Cuba

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Did not

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14
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Following failure of the US supported Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles in 1961. ______ increased economic and military aid to Cuba

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Soviet Union

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15
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In October 1962 the US used SAC _____ Aircraft that photographed missile complexes under construction in Cuba

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U-2’s

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16
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On 27 October 1962 a U2 piloted by ________ was shot down by Cuban air defenses

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Major Rudolph Anderson

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17
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The US agreed not to invade Cuba in exchange for Cubans removal of Soviet missiles, United States also secretly agreed to remove missiles from what country?

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Turkey

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18
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The Cuban missile crisis brought the world dangerously close to a

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Nuclear war

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19
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The first sustained bombing campaign of the war against North Vietnam was codenamed

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Rolling thunder

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20
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In January 1969 shortly after taking office President Nixon announced an end to the

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US combat in southeast Asia

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In 1986 CMSgt _____ became the first director of the Air Force enlisted heritage Hall on Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter -Anex

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Wayne Fisk

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22
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President GHW Bush announced the deployment of US air and ground units to defend Saudi Arabia and Persian golf state which happened within

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18 hours

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23
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In 1992 civil unrest contributed to a famine in Somalia that killed how many people

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350,000

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24
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In August 1992 to relieve the suffering of refugees near the Somalia border the United States initiated operation

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Provide relief

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25
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Operation ____ brought 32,000 US troops into Somalia.

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Restore hope

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26
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Between five and 13 October 1993, 1700 US troops and 3100 tons of cargo were airlifted into Mogadishu under operation

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Restore hope II

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27
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It took 78 days and over ____ sorties in the air war over Serbia for NATO to secure it’s objective

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38,000

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28
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The name given to the operation which followed the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 was operation

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Noble eagle

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29
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After the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US, fighter aircraft began to fly combat air patrols _____ the attack

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The same day as

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30
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The operation that followed noble eagle was

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Enduring freedom

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31
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Enduring freedom planned to provide humanitarian airlift to the oppressed people of

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Afghanistan

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32
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In September 2001, the ruling government in Afghanistan was the

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Taliban

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33
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On October 7, 2001 US, British, and French aircraft began a sustained campaign against terrorist targets in

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Afghanistan

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34
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The men and women who fought during operation anaconda called it the battle of

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Robert’s Ridge

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35
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In the year 2003, the Air Force across has been awarded to _____ posthumously enlisted recipients

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Three

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36
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On 17 March 2003, President George W. Bush announced a ____ ultimatum for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq or face conflict

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48 hour

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37
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On 20 March 2003, a salvo of missiles and laser-guided bombs hit targets where coalition forces believed Saddam and his sons and other leaders gathered, which indicated that the war

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Began

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38
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Operation Iraq he freedom officially began on 20 March 2003 and ended on

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One May 2003

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39
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On 8 April 2003 the first airman killed in operation Iraq he freedom was

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SSgt Scott Sather

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40
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On 1 September 1939 Adolf Hitler launched a massive assault on Poland that opened the greatest war in history and Spawned the term

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Blitzkrieg and lightning war

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41
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To gain air superiority over Poland’s capital, Warsaw, the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), employed Domier DO – 17 twin engine bomber and

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Messerschmitt ME-109 fighters and HE-111 twin engine bombers

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42
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In August 1941 a doctrinal blueprint was created and known as air war planning document

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Doctrine #1

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43
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On 7 December 1941 “ a date which will live in infamy” imperial Japan dealt a devastating blow to the United States Pacific Fleet at

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Pearl harbor

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44
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In February 1942 Brigadier General Ira C. Eaker established the

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VIII Bomber Command

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45
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The 14 October 1943 the mission against Germany’s Schweinfurt effectively ended the United States Army Air Force unescorted bombing campaign known as

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Black Thursday

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46
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The north American aviation development that revolutionized the air war over Europe was the

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P 51 Mustang

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47
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From 1942 to 1945 the combined bomber offensive was the longest bloodiest air campaign in

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History

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48
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Franklin D Roosevelt’s directed the army air corps to except black American into aviation training in what year

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1941

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49
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The first Tuskegee airmen to fight against all black squadrons were members of the 99th fighter squadron commanded by who

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Colonel Benjamin O Davis, Junior

50
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On 18 April 1942, 16 North American B-52 medium bombers launched from the carrier USS hornet, on the bombing Mission led by Lieutenant Colonel James Jimmy Doolittle to bomb targets in the following cities

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Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe

51
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Allied soldiers, sailors, and marines pushed back the borders of the Japanese empire and sought to destroy Japan through strategic bombardment using the

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XB-29

52
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On 6 August 1945, Col Paul Tibbets piloted the Ebola Gay which dropped a uranium bomb, known as the “little boy” over which city

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Hiroshima

53
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On 9 Aug 1945, the B-29 Bockscar, commanded by Major Charles W. Sweeney, released a plutonium bomb called ‘Fat Man’ on which city

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Nagasaki

54
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On 26 Jul 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the

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National Security Act

55
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The First Secretary of the AF officially established the USAF as an independent coequal service was accomplished on 18 September 1947 by

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Stuart Symington

56
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The AF officially change the names of the lower four ranks in

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1952

57
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The first Chief of Staff was General

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Spaatz

58
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The AF’s first operational jet fighter was the Lockheed P-80, later redesigned as the

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F-80

59
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On 14 Oct 1947, Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager seized headlines as the first man to break the sound barrier using his Bell

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Bell X-1

60
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The World’s first all jet air battle on 8 Nov 1950 used the

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F-80C

61
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During the Korean War, the Air Rescue Service medically evacuated wounded soldiers totaling more than

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9,600

62
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During the Korean War, a new group of AF pilots entered the pantheon of

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Fighter Aces

63
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During the Korean War, the person that gained recognition as the ‘worlds first jet ace’ was Captian

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James Jabara

64
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The AF missile and space capabilities developed rapidly after the

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Korean conflict

65
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On 4 Oct 1957, the course of missile and satellite development changed when the Soviet Union successfully launched the satellite

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Sputnik I

66
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In 1960, the National Reconnaissance Office was formed to take charge of highly classified

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Reconnaissance satellites

67
Q

In December 1972, North Vietnamese intransigence over the final peace agreement prompted President Nixon to initiate

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Linebacker II

68
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During the Vietnam War, one of the most decorated AF heroes was the recipient of 28 decorations for valor in combat, was Airman

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Duane Hackney

69
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One of the most decorated AF pararescuemen Airman of the Vietnam War was

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Duane Hackney

70
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During the Vietnam War, in December 1972, B-52 gunner Samuel Turner shot an enemy MiG, the first of two shot down by

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Airmen

71
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The individual that was directly involved in the famed Son Tay prisoner of war camp raid and the rescue of the crew of the USS Mayaquez was CMSgt

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Wayne Fisk

72
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President Nixon ended the US military draft in

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1973

73
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Post-Vietnam rebuilding included applying

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Technology improvements

74
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The April 1980 attempt to rescue American hostages from the US embassy in Iran was Operation

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Rice Bowl

75
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In April 1986, President Regan mobilized England-based F-11’s to strike Libya during Operation

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Eldorado Canyon

76
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Operation Just Cause in 1989 tested air operation, this time in

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Panama

77
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On 26 May 1972, the US and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed the

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Anti-Bollistic Missile Treaty

78
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In July 1991, American nuclear strategy changed significant in response to changes under the

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 1

79
Q

The Operation that eclipsed the Berlin Airlift, which was the greatest air deployment in history, was

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Operation Desert Shield

80
Q

The Gulf War represents the first extensive, broad-based employment of

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Space Support Capabilities

81
Q

The first week of Desert Storm focused on achieving air supremacy and destroying the enemy’s

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Command and control system

82
Q

The famous ‘Hail Mary’ outflanking maneuver that applied the final blow to the Iraqi military forces was accomplished by

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General Schwarzkopf

83
Q

After Desert Storm in early 1992, Chief of Staff, AF General Merrill McPeak, introduced a revamped AF Mission defending the US through control and exploitation of

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Air and space

84
Q

A coalition of American and allied forces entered Iraq to end the regime of Saddam Hussein and to free the Iraqi people on 19Mar

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2003

85
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All US forces were mandated to withdraw

From Iraqi territory by 31 Dec 2011 under the terms of a bilateral agreement signed in

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2008 by President Bush

86
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1 Sep 2010 marked the transition for Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation

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New Dawn

87
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As part of Operation New Dawn, the US Forces had three primary missions advising, assisting, and

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Training the Iraqi security forces in all facets of security

88
Q

On 20 Mar 2011, a collection of acft launched in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution

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1973

89
Q

President Barrack Obama’s exit strategy from Afghanistan called for an end to combat operations in 2013 and the withdrawal of the US-led international military force by the end of

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2014

90
Q

Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan ended on 12 Mar 2014, and on 27 May 2014 President Obama announced that the US combat mission in Afghanistan would end in

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December 2014

91
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The ‘father’ of flying, and a highly honored individual until his death 30 Jan 1948, was

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Orville Wright

92
Q

The individual that was an airpower visionary who saw the airplane dominating warfare and called for an air force indipendent of the US Army was

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Colonel William ‘Billy’ Mitchell

93
Q

The Pioneer aviator and the first commander of an American air unit in the field was

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Major General Benjamin D. ‘Benny’ Foulois

94
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The General that was an aviation pioneer and is generally recognized as the father of the modern USAF, commanding the US Army Air Forces during WWI was

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Henry H. ‘Hap’ Arnold

95
Q

On 30 June 1941, the General that was named Chief if the Air Corps, becoming the commanding general of the US Army AF, was general

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Henry H. ‘Hap’ Arnold

96
Q

On 7 May 1949, Congress appointed the first and only five star general of the Air Force, who was general

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Henry H. Arnold

97
Q

The first Chief of Staff of the Air Force was

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Carl A. Spaatz

98
Q

One of the founding fathers of the modern Air Force and commander of the first combat Air Force unit was

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Lieutenant general Frank M Andrews

99
Q

The first extended airial refueling experiment in 1929 was accomplished by general

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Ira C. Eaker

100
Q

The coordination of the most massive aircraft procurement program in history was accomplished by major general

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Oliver P. Echols

101
Q

The most decorated woman in US military history was

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Captain Lillian K. Keil

102
Q

During WWI the general THAT flew 75 mission downing two German planes and receiving the distinguished service cross and silver star was General

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George C. Kenny

103
Q

General James ‘Jimmy’ Doolittle was a Renaissance man and receiver of me

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Medal of Honor

104
Q

Did general who made the first blind flight completely dependent on instruments for which he won the Harmon trophy was

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James Doolittle

105
Q

September 1922 the DH 4 flew Coast to Coast in 22 hours, 35 minutes, with only one refueling stop and this was accomplished by General

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James Doolittle

106
Q

The general that was the famed leader of the flying tigers was major general

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Claire L. Chennault

107
Q

The general that made strategic air command the world premiere force was general

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Curtis E. LeMay

108
Q

The command that was the worlds most powerful nuclear force was accomplished and happened due to general

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Curtis E. LeMay

109
Q

The lieutenant general known as the air forces outstanding practitioner of Airlie just big and air mobility with general

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William H. Tunner

110
Q

The general that was a pioneer in the field of air intel was General

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Charles P. Cabell

111
Q

The first army and navy staff college course was attended by general

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Charles P. Cabell

112
Q

The general that was recognized as the architect of Air Force ballistic missile and military space programs was general

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Bernard A. Schriever

113
Q

The first female pilot to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1951 was

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Colonel Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Cochran

114
Q

Commander of the famed World War II Tuskegee airmen was general

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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr

115
Q

The general that distinguish himself as a leader in three wars: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, was general

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Daniel ‘chappie’ James, Jr

116
Q

The lowest ranking airman ever to receive the medal of honor for exceptional heroism during wartime is

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A1C John Lee Levitow

117
Q

The first enlisted airman to receive both the metal of honor and the Air Force cross posthumously was

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SSgt William H. Pitsenbatger

118
Q

The first woman to command a space shuttle mission was

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Colonel Eileen M. Collins

119
Q

On September 21, 2010, the first E-9 to receive the metal of honor was

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Richard L. Etchberger

120
Q

The highest award for heroism in military action that the nation can bestow on its military members of it’s Armed Forces is the

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Medal of Honor

121
Q

The Air Force designed medal of honor was created on April 14 of what year

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1965

122
Q

First metal of honor was presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 19 January 1967 or actions in South Vietnam to who

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Major Bernard F. Fisher

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