Chapter 1. Air Force Heritage

Question 1

What was the German AirForce called in1939?

Answer 1

Luftwaffe

Question 2

Who Commanded the Luftwaffe in 1939?

Answer 2

Hermann Goring

Question 3

What did Sir Robert Watson-Watt invent?

Answer 3

Radar

Question 4

On what day did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

Answer 4

07 December 1941

Question 5

What day did the United States declare war on Japan?

Answer 5

08 December 1941

Question 6

What was the combined bomber offensive codenamed between the United states and Britain in January 1943

Answer 6

Operation pointblank

Question 7

Who established the VIII bomber command in January 1942

Answer 7

Brig Gen Ira C. Eaker

Question 8

What was the 14 October 1943 mission known as?

Answer 8

Black Thursday

Question 9

What aircraft revolutionized the air war over Europe in 1940

Answer 9

The P-51 Mustang

Question 10

How long did it take tto design the P-51 Mustang?

Answer 10

100 Days

Question 11

Which aircraft was known as a technological marvel because it had a bombers range and a fighters performance?

Answer 11

The P-51 Mustang

Question 12

How many tons of bombs were dropped during the combined bimber offensive from 1942 until 1945

Answer 12

1.5 million

Question 13

Who was the only enlisted airman to have a B-17 named after him?

Answer 13

TSgt Sandy Sanchez

Question 14

In what year did the Air Force have its first Chief Master Sergeant?

Answer 14

1962

Question 15

Who was the first CMSAF

Answer 15

Paul Airey

Question 16

What did President Franklin D. Roosevelt direct the Army Air Corps to begin doing in 1941

Answer 16

Accept black Americans inti aviation cadet training

Question 17

What fighter squadron did the Tuskegee Airmen beling to?

Answer 17

99th

Question 18

Who organized the flying tigers?

Answer 18

Claire Lee Chennault

Question 19

What was the name or the american volunteer group that aided natiounalist china against japanese invaders?

Answer 19

The Flying Tigers

Question 20

What rank was LTC Doolittle promited to upon his return to the United States from a raid in Tokyo?

Answer 20

Brigadier General

Question 21

What was the nickname given to John Foley?

Answer 21

Johnny zero

Question 22

What flier had a popular song written about him

Answer 22

John Foley

Question 23

What forced john foley to return to the united states in 1943

Answer 23

Malaria

Question 24

During what battle on 04 june 1942 did United STates Navy pilots sink four japanese carriers and turned the tide of the war in the pacific

Answer 24

The Battle of Midway

Question 25

Who did MG George Kenney encourage to mount quad .50-caliber machine guns in the nose of A20 and B-25 aircraft to creat deadly attack planes

Answer 25

Maj Paul (Pappy) Gunn

Question 26

What was considered as one of the most hazardous military air operations of WW2

Answer 26

Flying the Hump

Question 27

What was the 1st Air Commando Group the first to do?

Answer 27

Conduct the first helicopter combat rescue

Question 28

Who was the pilot on the enola gay on 06 August 1945

Answer 28

Colonel Paul Tibbets

Question 29

What was the nickname of the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945

Answer 29

Little Boy

Question 30

Who commanded the plane on 09 August 1945 that released a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki

Answer 30

Major Charles Sweeny

Question 31

After WW2 how much did the wartime military strength decrease by May 1947?

Answer 31

From 2.4 million to 304,000

Question 32

What did President Harry S. Truman sign into law on 26 July 1947

Answer 32

The national security act of 1947

Question 33

What was the purpose of the National Security Act of 1947

Answer 33

To provide a separate department of the airforce

Question 34

Who was the first secretary of the AirForce

Answer 34

Stuart Symington

Question 35

By what year did familiar terms begin to change for the air force (i.e,; dining halls instead of mess halls)

Answer 35

1959

Question 36

In what year did the airforce officially change the names of the lower four enlisted ranks

Answer 36

1952

Question 37

Who organized a makeshift airlift of food, medicine, and coal after the 1948 soviets instituted a blockade

Answer 37

General Lemay

Question 38

What enlisted function was the most critical to the success of the berlin airlift

Answer 38

Maintenance

Question 39

How many bombs were used to protect the airlift duringn the berlin airlift

Answer 39

None

Question 40

Who was the first man to break the sound barrier

Answer 40

Charles (chuck) Yeager

Question 41

Who shot down a mig-15 in the worlds first all-jet air battle on 08 november 1950

Answer 41

Leutenant Russel brown

Question 42

Who was the first to shoot down a mig-15 with a b-29 on 09 november 1958

Answer 42

Corporal harry lavene

Question 43

Who shot down two migs on 12 april 51 a feat unmatched by any other gunner

Answer 43

Sergeant billie beach

Question 44

During the korean war the f-86 pilots established a remarkable kill ratio. What was the kill ratio

Answer 44

10 to 1

Question 45

Who led the pack with 16 kills in the b-24 durin the korean war

Answer 45

Captain joseph mcconnell

Question 46

Who gained recognition as the worlds first jet ace

Answer 46

Captain james jabara

Question 47

What was the name of the committee trevor garnder convened to examine the field of long-range missiles

Answer 47

The teapot committee

Question 48

What marked the beginning of the space age and the space race between the united states and soviet union

Answer 48

The successful launch of sputnik 1 satellite

Question 49

In what year was the national reconnaissance office formed to take charge of highly classified reconnaissance satellites

Answer 49

1960