Tsgt Waps Questions

Front 1

In the event an invasion of Cuba became necessary what did the tactical air command deploy and to where ?

Back 1

deployed F-84, F-100, F-105, RB-66, and KB-50 aircraft to Florida.

Front 2

who was shot down on 27 October Cuban by air defenses?

Back 2

Major Rudolf Anderson piloting a U-2

Front 3

The United States agreed not to invade Cuba in exchange for what?

Back 3

removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. The US also secretly removed missiles from Turkey.

Front 4

when did the Bay of Pigs take place?

Back 4

In mid-April 1961

Front 5

What did the US hope to accomplish with an invasion of Cuban exiles at the Bay of pigs?

Back 5

that in conjunction with the invasion, the Cuban people would overthrow Castro and install a pro-United States government.

Front 6

who is the is the founder of RED Flags

Back 6

Colonel Richard “Moody” Suter

Front 7

How have RED FLAGS changed Air Force Training?

Back 7

aircrews flew both individual sorties and formations in realistic situations to gain application experience before actual combat,

making the US the premier air arm of the world.

Front 8

The danger posed by radar-guided antiaircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles in Vietnam drove the Air Force to develop what what aircraft?

Back 8

Operational by October 1980, the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter featured detection avoidance.

Front 9

Laser-guided bombs, electro-optically-guided missiles, and other precision technologies changed Air Force doctrine from its focus on strategic bombing to pinpoint bombing. This doctrine change took what two forms?

Back 9

-make deep air attacks on an enemy army to isolate it on the battlefield,

-conduct battlefield air interdiction to prevent enemy reinforcements from reaching the front,

-disrupt the movement of secondary forces to the front,

-provide close air support to Army ground forces.

Front 10

Who became a popular hero as a gunner in both the Pacific and Europe during WWII and was decorated eight times for heroism, including personal recognitions by generals MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Doolittle?

Back 10

Cpl John "Johnny Zero" D. Foley

Front 11

Who was held as a POW for 10 months in Germany during WWII before being liberated, later becoming the first CMSAF in 1967 and also received the first Air Force POW medal in 1988?

Back 11

TSgt Paul Airey

Front 12

When did the air wing of the Army accept blacks in the service, admitting them on a strictly segregated basis and only when forced by congress and war time emergency?

Back 12

1941

Front 13

What was the name given to all black fighter squadrons?

Back 13

The Tuskegee Airmen

Front 14

In 1941, President FDR directed the Army Air corps to accept black Americans into aviation cadet training; the air corps segregated the aviators into all-black squadrons. what are these squadrons forever known as?

Back 14

The Tuskegee Airmen

Front 15

By the end of WWII, how many black Americans had earn their wings as Army flyers?

Back 15

Nearly 1,000

Front 16

The first Tuskegee Airmen to fight in WWII were members of what squadron?

Back 16

The 99th FS

Front 17

Which Tuskegee Airman commanded the 99th FS and later became an Air Force general officer?

Back 17

Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

Front 18

How did the Tuskegee Airmen strike a significant blow against racism in America?

Back 18

By Showing their skills, courage and determination. These actions rewrote history and prepared the USAF to be the first armed service to integrate racially.

Front 19

In early 1941, former Air Corps Tactical School instructor Claire Lee Chennault organized the American volunteer group to aid Nationalist China against Japanese invaders. What was the group known as?

Back 19

The Flying Tigers

Front 20

The Flying Tigers amassed an impressive _____ confirmed victories, losing only 12 pilots, before being disbanded in July 942.

Back 20

286 confirmed victories

Front 21

How many B-25 Mitchell medium bombers launched from the carrier USS Hornet on 18 April 1942, in support of a bombing raid on Japan led by Lt. Col. James "jimmy" Doolittle?

Back 21

16

Front 22

US carrier-based aviation proved the value of Air Power at Sea with Naval aviation playing a vital role in the pacific war. (T/F)

Back 22

True

Front 23

At what battle on 4 June 1942 did US Navy pilots sink four Japanese carriers and turn the tide of the war in the pacific?

Back 23

The battle of midway

Front 24

The Fifth Air Force, the primary US Army Air Forces contribution to the Pacific counterattack, had a steady supply chain of resources (T/F)

Back 24

False. (Do to the "Europe First" Strategy and the 10,000 mile supply chain, the Fifth AF struggled to overcome poor resources.)

Front 25

Who assumed command of the Fifth AF in 1942 and maximized the resource- poor command's combat power?

Back 25

Maj.Gen. George C. Kenney.

Front 26

Enterprise architect William H. Tunner's ingenuity helped Air Transport Command Crews cross the perilous Himalayas, to deliver ____ tons of supplies to Chinese and American forces.

Back 26

650,000 tons

Front 27

What Air Power capability did the 1st Air Commando Group demonstrate while helping British "chindit" forces conduct long-range penetration missions against the Japanese?

Back 27

That unconventional warfare any time any place.

Front 28

The 332d Fighter Group conducted the first helicopter combat rescue. (T/F)

Back 28

False. ( The 1st Air Commando Group conducted the first helicopter combat rescue.)

Front 29

During WWII the US Army Air Forces ordered 1,664, of what aircraft before the prototype had even been flown? ( used for strategic bombing of Japanese forces)

Back 29

The Boeing XB-29