C.E King 2018 Flashcards
(35 cards)
Motto of West Point
Duty, Honor, Country
West Point date of establishment
March 16th, 1802
Who does the Air Force share a birthday with?
The CIA
Where is John Paul Jones buried?
Naval Academy Chapel
Marine Corp motto
Semper Fidelis
Who is the father of modern rocketry?
Robert H. Goddard
Ratio of white to red stripes on the American flag
6 white, 7 red
It is acceptable to place a wreath on a flag laid on a casket during a military funereal
False
Who is the 18th Cmsgt
Kaleth O. Wright
Where is the Naval Academy located?
Annapolis
When was the Naval Academy established?
Oct. 10th, 1845
European D-Day date
June 6th, 1944
Name of the land border between South and North Korea
The 38th parallel
Codename Overlord
D-Day
Name of the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb, aka the “Fat Man”
Enola Gay
Name of the ship from Pearl Harbor that was sunk and turned into a memorial
The USS Arizona
Where is the Air Force academy located?
Colorado
When was the Air Force academy established?
April 1st, 1954
Father of the Air Force
William “Billy” Mitchell
Father of aviation
George Cayley
The first “real aviator”
Charles Lindbergh
First war to have widespread use of helicopters
Korean War
When were Able and Baker sent into space on a sub-orbital flight
May 28th, 1959
Where was Baker buried?
Huntsville, Alabama