Chapter 1 2013 Flashcards

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What were the two largest mechanic schools started in World War I

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St. Paul Minnesota and Kelly Field Texas

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WWI

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1917-18

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WWII

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1939-45

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What year was the women’s Army auxiliary corps developed and what was their priority

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1942 and serve at aircraft warning service station

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First Japanese Nuke

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Enola Gay, 6 August 1945, Hiroshima

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When were blacks reassigned to white units

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1949

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Who were the big three

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Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D Roosevelt

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Second Japanese Nuke

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Bock’s Car, 9 August 1945, Nagasaki

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Cold War

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1948-91

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General who led Berlin airlift

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William Turner

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Berlin Airlift

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1948-49

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Who shot down the first North Korean YaK 3

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B-26 Gunner Staff Sergeant Nyle S Mickley

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Korean War

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1950-53

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13
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Who shot down two MiGs with his B-29

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Billie Beach

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14
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Who shot down the first MiG with his B-29

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LaVene

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Who is the pilot of the U2 shot down by Cuba

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Major Rudolph Anderson

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War in Southeast Asia

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1950-75

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Amigos airlift

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chili 1960

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Air war expands

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Gulf war I

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Operation provide comfort and northern watch

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Which two major airstrikes took place in the beginning of the war in Southeast Asia

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Flaming dart and rolling thunder

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Sothern watch

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Who earned the Silverstar defending an airbase during the Tet Offensive
Piazza
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Provide relief, impressive lift, restore hope- Somalia
1992-94
26
Vietnamization and Witdrawl
1969-73
27
Operation provide promise, Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina
1992-96
28
El Dorado Canyon
Libya 1986
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Just cause
Panama 1989
30
Operation deny flight, Bosnia
1993-95
31
Operation Allied force, Kosovo
1999
32
Operation chow hound
Netherlands 1945
33
Urgent fury
Grenada 1983
34
Operations Noble Eagle and enduring freedom
September 11th, 2001
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Operation Anaconda
Afghanistan 2002
36
Operation Iraqi freedom
Killed Saddam 2003
37
Operation uphold democracy Haiti
1994
38
Safehaven I and II
Hungary 1956–57
39
Iraq and Afghanistan
2001 to 2014
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Silver star for kickin ass in Humvee. Hit three times wounded once, back to work in two days 2003
TSgt Kevin Whalen
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Bronze star for leading 4 Helo attack on drug kingpin 2004
SMSgt Ramon Colon-Lopez
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30 enemy stronghold turned into 800 and these three still won 2007
Wallace, Patton, Orvosh
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Who resigned as a result of the 2008 nuclear issues
Wynne & Moseley
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How many EOD Airmen have died or been wounded in Afghanistan
20 KIA | 140 Wounded.