Week 10: 14-20 October 2013 Flashcards
Squadron 11 Nickname pg 20
Rebeleven
Squadron 30 Nickname pg 20
Knights of Thirty
The Star Spangled Banner (Verse II) pg 175
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Super Doolie (n.)-
One of those who are given authority without the responsibility to fulfill their mission
Linda Garcia Cuberoas pg 55
As time passes, graduates of all ethnicities and genders have accomplished many things. Linda Garcia Cuberoas, Class of 1980, became the first Hispanic woman to graduate from any service academy as a member of the first class of women to graduate from the United States Air Force Academy.
McDonnell-Douglas F-15A Eagle
Location: Southwest corner of the terrazzo
This 1976 model F-15 flew most of its career with the 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS) located at Langley AFB, VA. The 48 FIS flew the jet on intercept missions for the Southeast Air Defense Sector. The jet was painted in the colors of Tyndall AFB, FL, for its last few missions before it was retired on 30 November 1992. It was donated in the spring of 1993.
General-Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon
Location: Northwest corner of the terrazzo
Originally a non-flying test bed aircraft, this F-16 was donated by AFSC at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and it presently painted in the colors of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis AFB, NV.
Republic F-105D Thunderchief
Location: Northeast corner of the terrazzo
Assembled at McClellan AFB, CA, from parts of at least 10 sister aircraft that saw combat duty in Southeast Asia, this aircraft has served as a permanent memorial at the Academy since 1968.
McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II
Location: Southeast corner of the terrazzo
This is the only aircraft credited with six MiG kills since the Korean War. Captain Richard S. Ritchie, Class of 1964, made his first and fifth kills in this aircraft. It was presented to the Academy in 1986.
Martin-Marietta SV5-J Lifting Body
Location: Near Aeronautics Laboratory
Built in 1966, the SV5-J was capable of high-speed, maneuverable flight from altitudes to landings on conventional runways. Using its entire body to provide lift, the SV5-J’s mission was to explore flight characteristics and to develop pilot techniques for Space Shuttle reentry flights. It was given to the Academy in 1981 by Martin-Marietta.
General Atomics MQ-1B Predator
Location: Southwest corner of dining area
The Predator is a medium-altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft system. Its primary missions are close air support, air interdiction, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Whether the system will continue to gather intelligence while hanging in Mitchell Hall is classified.
The X-Planes
The X-Planes are a series of experimental United States airplanes and helicopters (and some rockets) used for the testing and evaluation of new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. Initiated after the end of World War II and running up to the present, the test platforms pioneered technologies commonplace in today’s aircraft.
Perhaps the most famous X-plane is the X-1. On 14 October 1947, Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager seized headlines as the first man to break the sound barrier. His Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” reached Mach 1.06 at 43,000 feet after a successful launch from a B-29 mother ship.
The demonstration of supersonic travel may be the most famous technology proven by the X-planes, but there are many long lasting effects from the programs. The X-5 examined variable geometry wings which are now found on the F-111 Aardvark, F-14 Tomcat and B-1 Lancer. The X-18, X-19, and X-22 demonstrated Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) now fielded on the V-22 Osprey. The X-22, X-23, and X-24 tested lifting body and maneuverability technologies making the Space Shuttle a reality.
The program also christened astronauts who were never part of the commonly known NASA space programs of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. In the X-15 program, eight pilots qualified for astronaut status. The first pilot to reach an altitude of 50 miles and earn astronaut status was USAF Major Robert M. White on 17 July 1962. Major White also was the first pilot to fly in excess of six times the speed of sound (Mach 6). The achievements of Major White and his fellow pilots earned them the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 1961. The Collier Trophy is one of the most prestigious awards in American aviation.
While the USAF fielded many proven technologies from these programs, there are several aircraft technologies which never left the testbed. One particular example was the X-6. The X-6 was planned as a modified B-36 Peacemaker bomber with a nuclear propulsion system, yet never flew.
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Crisis awakened Americans to the harsh realities of Cold War between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. On 24 June 1948, the Soviets closed railroad and road corridors to the two-and-a-half million resident of West Berlin deep within Communist East Germany. United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) commander, Major General Curtis E. LeMay responded by organizing a makeshift airlift of food, medicine, and coal utilizing USAFE C-47 and C-54 cargo aircraft.
After the first month, Major General William H. Tunner assumed control of an expanded effort that eventually included 300 American and 100 British aircraft. Tunner applied expertise from flying the “Hump” during World War II and streamlined maintenance, logistics, training, and air traffic control procedures. On 15 April 1949, 1,398 aircraft delivered a one-day record of 12,941 tons of supplies. By 1949, the Soviets recognized the airlift’s success and lifted the blockade.
In spite of poor weather and crowded flying conditions, the 15-month operation had an accident rate less than one-half that of the entire Air Force. Operation VITTLES, as it was called, massed 277,804 flights and delivered 2,325,000 tons of supplies. More importantly, the effectiveness of this non-violent use of air power defused a potentially disastrous confrontation. The Berlin Airlift also demonstrated the strategic capabilities of American airlift and its ability to influence the outcome of a conflict.
Constitution: Article 2: Section 2
Section 2:
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principle Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Constitution: Article 2: Section 3
Section 3:
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
