Week 9:06-14 October 2013 Flashcards

Question 1

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The Oath of Enlistment (Boldface) pg 21

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"I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Question 2

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The Star Spangle Banner verse I (Boldface) pg 174

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O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Question 3

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Doolie (n.)

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Doolie (n.)-one whose rank is measured in negative units; one whose potential for learning is unlimited; one whose days until graduation approaches infinity; a fourth class cadet

Question 4

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General Curtis E. Lemay pg 103-104

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General LeMay started his career as a cadet in the Army Air Corps flying school in 1928 after graduating from the ROTC program at Ohio State University. On 12 May 1938, LeMay led three B-17's on a mission to intercept the Italian liner Rex. With this success, LeMay confirmed air power had the potential for defending our nation from sea attack as well as affirming the navigational capabilities of long-range bombers. Regarded as one of the greatest combat commanders in Air Force history, LeMay led the Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid of 1943 and commanded the XX and XXI Bomber Commands in 1945. Over the years, LeMay earned the reputation as an extraordinary pilot and navigator. "We will always need manned systems-manned planes, manned spacecraft. Missiles are spectacular and they play their role, but they have no sense of loylaty; they can't think; they can't be recalled." LeMay continued to lead by example and became the Commander of the United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) from 1947-1948, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command from 1948-1957, and USAF Chief of Staff from 1961-1965.

Question 5

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) manufacturer pg 123

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Manufacturer: Boeing, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin

Question 6

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) pg 123 Function

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Airborne Battle Management, Command And Control

Question 7

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) pg 123 Service Date

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1975

Question 8

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) pg 123 Speed

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360mph

Question 9

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) pg 123 Crew

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17-23

Question 10

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) pg 123 Production and Inventory

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Production: 34

| Inventory:32

Question 11

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E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS) pg 123 commentary

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Commentary: Heavily modified Boeing 707-320B aircraft, fitted with an extensive complement of mission avionics providing all-weather air surveillance and command, control, and communications for tactical and air defense forces.

Question 12

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Manufacturer

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Sikorsky

Question 13

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Function

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Special Operations/Personnel Recovery

Question 14

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Service Date

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1982

Question 15

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Speed

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184 mph

Question 16

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Crew

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Four

Question 17

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Production and Inventory

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Production: 105

| Inventory: 99

Question 18

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HH-60G Pave Hawk pg 129 Commentary

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Commentary: The HH-60 is a specially modified version of the H-60 Blackhawk used primarily for combat search and rescue, also aeromedical evacuation, casualty evacuation, civil SAR, and other support missions.

Question 19

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Manufacturer

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Societe Pour L'Aviation et ses Derives (SPAD)

Question 20

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Function

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Fighter

Question 21

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Service Date

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1917-1923

Question 22

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Speed

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135mph

Question 23

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Crew:

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One

Question 24

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Production and US Inventory

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Production: 8,742

| US Inventory: 893

Question 25

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SPAD XIII pg 132 Commentary

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Commentary: A French-built aircraft flown by the United States Army Air Service. Americanpilots who flew the Spad XIII include Eddie Rickenbacker (America's leading ace with 26 confirmed victories and Class of 2004's Exemplar) and Frank Luke (18 victories).

Question 26

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Leroy Homer pg 55

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Leroy Homer, Class of 1984 was the first-officer on United Airlines Flight 93, which was the fourth aircraft hijacked on September 11, 2001. It was the only flight to not make its intended target when the passengers and crew overpowered the hijackers and crashed the plane outside of Shanksville, PA.

Question 27

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Chesley Sullenberger pg 55

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Chesley Sullenberger, Class of 1973, successfully made a water landing on the Hudson River in New York. On takeoff, his aircraft was rendered powerless after a flock of geese struck and destroyed the engines. His actions saved all 155 people aboard the aircraft.

Question 28

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WWII, The Enola Gay pg 82-83

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In November 1939, Air Corps leaders selected what would become the primary instrument of the air campaign in the Pacific, the Boeing XB-29. With a pressurized crew compartment, remotely controlled guns, and new radial engines, the B-29 promised to be a revolutionary aircraft of unprecedented size and payload capacity. the USAAF ordered 1,664 before the prototype had even flown. Not originally planned as a delivery system for the first nuclear weapons, the B-29 Superfortress was the ideal platform because of its performance.

With a successful atomic test on 18 July 1945, the Allied powers issued an ultimatum on 26 July calling for the Japanese government to surrender or suffer "prompt and utter destruction." Fifteen specially modified B-29s of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron, a component of the 509th Composite Group, prepared to deliver the first operational atomic bomb. The aircraft were outfitted with new engines, propellers, and faster acting pneumatic bomb bay doors.

On 6 August 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay and two observation aircraft packed with cameras and scientific equipent launched from Tinian Island for Hiroshima, Japan. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets piloted the Enola Gay, and dropped a uranium device, known as "Little Boy" over Hiroshima. Nearly five square miles of the city were destroyed and 80,000 people died, yet no Japanese surrender appeared. Therefore, on 9 August, another B-29, Bock's Car, commanded by Major Charles W. Sweeny, released a plutonium bomb known as "Fat Man," on Nagasaki. Partially protected by hilly terrain, the second bomb devestated 1.5 square miles and killed 35,000 and injured 60,000. Faced with a defeated army, destroyed navy and air forces, burned cities, and 8 August Soviet declaration of war, and terrible atomic weapons, the Japanese government surrendered on 14 August 1945.

Question 29

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The Creation of the United States Air Force pg 83

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With victory in World War II, the American public sought a return to “nomal life” as rapidly as possible. From peak wartime strength of over 79,000 aircraft and 2,411,294 personnel, air forces dwindled to 24,000 aircraft (with only 18% mission ready) and just 304,000 personnel by May 1947. Nevertheless, air power’s impact on welfare led to the realization of Billy Mitchell’s dream.

Between 1945 and 1947, the USAAF was reorganized by the War Department into three basic commands that reflected postwar anxieties about global defense. The new Strategic Air Command (SAC), designed to deliver air power to distand lands, became the focus of most attention. The continential Air Defense Command (ADC) rated second as the defender of the US homeland. The Tactical Air Command (TAC) existed for a while only as a staff with no planes or operational units.

On 26 July 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the National Security Act of 1947, which provided for a seperate Department of the Air Force. On 18 September 1947, W. Stuart Symington became the first Secretary of the Air Force and officially established the United States Air Force as an independent, coequal service. Under the leadership of General Carl A. Spaatz as first Air Force Chief of Staff and Stuart Symington as the first Secretary of the Air Force.

Question 30

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| E-1

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Airman Basic

(no insignia)

Question 31

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| E-2

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| Airman

Question 32

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| E-3

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| Airman First Class

Question 33

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| E-4

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| Senior Airman

Question 34

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| E-5

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| Staff Sergeant

Question 35

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| E-6

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| Technical Sergeant

Question 36

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| E-7

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| Master Sergeant

Question 37

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E-7 , E-8, E-9

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| First Sergeant

Question 38

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| E-9

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| Command Chief Master Sergeant

Question 39

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| Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

Question 40

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| E-3B/C/G Sentry

Question 41

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| HH-60G Pave Hawk

Question 42

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| SPAD XIII

Question 43

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| Constitution: Article 2 Section 1: pg 189-191

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SECTION 1. 
The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows: 
Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector. 
The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President. 
The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. 
In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 
The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. 
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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Question 46

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| (Star pin no image)

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Dean's Pin: Worn by those cadets whose name appears on the Dean's list for obtaining a Grade Point Average of a 3.0 or above for the previous semester.

Question 47

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| Lightning Bolt pin (no image)

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<p style="text-align: center;">
	Athletic Director&#39;s Pin: Worn by those cadets who obtain a 3.0 Physical Education Average (PEA) or higher. The PEA is based on 50% P.E. class grades from previous semester, 40% Physical Fitness Test score and 10% Aerobic Fitness Test score. Cadets can earn the Athletic Pin during Basic Cadet Training.</p>

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Question 49

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| Cadet Insignia and Badges (24-27)

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Combiations of the Commandant's Pin, Dean's Pin, and Athletic Directors pin are worn to signify attaiment of placement on multiple lists the previous semester.

Question 50

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| Wings with Shield, shield designed with propeller blades and a target site circle

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Flying Team Wings: Approved in October 2912, these wings are worn by members of the Flying Team, a select group of cadets who were selected after arriving at the Air Force Academy with a Private Pilot's license. A star and wreath are added as cadets progress through the soaring program.

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Question 52

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| (take pic from contrails

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Cadet Aviation Club Wings: Worn by cadet aviation instructors. A star is added for a senior cadet aviation instructor.

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Question 54

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| (need pic from contraisl)

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Cadet Space Wings: Worn by cadets to acknolwedge the achievement of cadets who are involved in space activities. A star and wreath are added as cadets progress through the space program.

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Question 58

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| Star Spangled Banner Intro: 174

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The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key

This patriotic song, whose words were written by Francis Scott Key on Sept. 14, 1814, during the War of 1812 with Grat Britain, was adopted by Congress as the U.S. national anthem in 1931. During the night of Sept 13-14, Key watched the bombardment of Balitmore from the deck of a British ship. Although rain obscured the fort during the night, at daybreak he could see the American flag still flying from Fort McHenry. The fort still stood after the British had fired some 1,800 bombs, rockets and shells at it, about 400 of them landing inside. Four defenders were killed at 24 wounded. Key drafted the words of a poem on an envelope.

Only with the start of the Civil War did "The Star-Spangled Banner" become a nationally popular song. During World War !, a drive began in Congress to make it the official anthem of America's armed forces. There were other contenders for the title, including "America the Beautiful" and "Yankee Doodle." After years of petitions and eltters, President Herbert Hoover signed legislation making the song the national anthem on March 3, 1931.

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