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27 Cards in this Set
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What is the mission of the Air Force
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To Defend the United States through control and exploitation of air and space
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what is the USAF vision Statement
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Air Force people building the world's most respected air and space force...global power and reach for America
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What are the USAF Core Values
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Integrity First, Service Before Self, excellence in all we do
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When was the Air Force Created
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Sept 18, 1947
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How was the USAF created
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President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 and made the US Army Air Corp a new branch of service
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Who convinced President Truman to seperate the air force from the army
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Jimmy Doolittle and Billy Mitchell
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What was the first major triumph
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the berlin airlift
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Where were USAF jets first flown in combat
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Korea, the F-86 saber
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Who was the first USAFA grad to win the medal of honor
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Capt. Lance Sijan
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What are the USAF core competencies
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-Air and Space Superiority
-Global Attack -Rapid Global Mobility -Information Superiority -Precision Engagement -Agile Combat Support |
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Air and Space Superiority
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Control over what moves through air or space
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Global Attack
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The ability to attack rapidly anywhere on the globe at any time
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Rapid Global Mobility
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The use of Air Expeditionary Forces to rapidly deploy from the us to anywhere in the world
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Information Superiority
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The ability of Joint teams to achieve dominant battlefield awareness through the air force's ability to provide global awareness, intelligence, communications, and weather and navigational support
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Precision Engagement
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the capability to apply force against specific targets and achieve discrete and distince effects
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Agile Combat support
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air force combat support operations to improve the responsiveness and sustainability while deploying their forces
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Air Combat command
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Langley AFB, Virginia
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Air Education and Training Command
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Randolph AFB, Texas
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Air Force Material Command
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Wright-patterson AFB, Ohio
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Air forces space command
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Peterson AFB, Colorado
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Air Force Special Operaions Command
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Hurlburt Field, Florida
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Air Mobility Command
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Scott AFB, Illinois
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Pacific Air Forces
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Hickam AFB, Hawaii
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US Air Forces in Europe
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Ramstein AB, Germany
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What is the mission of the USAFA
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To inspire and develop outstanding young men and women to become Air Force Officers with knowledge, character, and discipline motivated to lead the world's greatest aerospace force in service to the nation
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How many cadets reported for induction on July 11, 1955
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306
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How man graduated from the first class of the USAFA in 1959
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207
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