History

Question 1

Who recorded the first successful and useful baloon reconnaissance mission for the army?

Answer 1

John La Mountain

Question 2

When did the Wright bros first fly?

Answer 2

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903

Question 3

Who was the first enlisted pilot?

Answer 3

Vernon Burge

Question 4

What is the oldest Air Force Squadron?

Answer 4

1st Aero Squadron

Question 5

Know as “Father of Blind Flight”

Answer 5

William C. Ocker

Question 6

The two battle ships that were used as targets for the Army air service

Answer 6

USS New Jersey and USS Virginia

Question 7

He scored two direct hits on the two test battleships

Answer 7

Ulysses Nero

Question 8

Who was the first to try the backpack style parachute?

Answer 8

Sergeant Ralph Bottriell

Question 9

When was the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) created?

Answer 9

May 1942

Question 10

Who saved 20 rangers who were trapped behind enemy lines? U.S. Ranger was scrawled into the sand.

Answer 10

Staff Sergeant James Nichols

Question 11

Who was the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967? He was a POW for 10 months and survived a 90 day march from the baltic sea to berlin

Answer 11

Chief Paul Airey.

Question 12

Which planes droped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 12

Enola Gay and Bock’s Car

Question 13

Who earned the first Medal of Honor?

Answer 13

Maynard H. Smith

Question 14

He was the last to get the medal of honor in the European Theater and died crash landing his plane after saving the crew.

Answer 14

Sergeant Archibald Mathies

Question 15

When was the National Security Act signed by President Truman, creating the Air Force.

Answer 15

26 July 1947

Question 16

She was the first woman in the Air Force

Answer 16

Esther Blake

Question 17

Who was the first one to shoot down a Korean YaK-3?

Answer 17

Sergeant Nyle S. Mickley

Question 18

Who was the first to down two MiGs from a B-29?

Answer 18

Corporal Harry LaVene

Question 19

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis which brought the world close to nuclear war?

Answer 19

1962

Question 20

Which operation was a result of the Viet Congs attack of Camp Holloway in Vietnam?

Answer 20

Operation Flaming Dart

Question 21

What was the first sustained bombing campaign of the war against North Vietnam?

Answer 21

Rolling Thunder

Question 22

He threw a flare from an AC-47 and cut the lines from its parachute

Answer 22

Sergeant Parnell Fisher

Question 23

He earned the Medal of Honor for throwing a flare out of a damaged AC-47 after being wounded by 40 pieces of shrapnel.

Answer 23

A1C John Levitow

Question 24

He organized and coordinated rescue efforts, cared for wounded, braved intense gunfire to distribute ammo, returned fire when he could, ultimatly loosing his life.

Answer 24

William Pitsenbarger

Question 25

In 1968 a secret base was overran and this man held off the enemy. Later he was fatally wounded after saving the lives of many of his crew.

Answer 25

Chief Richard Etchberger

Question 26

This mission lasted 11 days and used B-52s from Andersen AFB to bomb Vietnamese cities.

Answer 26

Linebacker II

Question 27

What was one of the first examples of aircraft being used to render assistance?

Answer 27

Victims of a Rio Grande flood in 1919

Question 28

This operation airlifted over 10000 Hungarian refugees to the U.S.

Answer 28

Operation Safe Haven I and II

Question 29

This was the largest aerial evacuation in history

Answer 29

Operation Babylift, New Life, Frequent Wind, and New Arrivals

Question 30

Grenada

Answer 30

Operation Urgent Fury

Question 31

President Reagan established in principle a U.S. policy of preemptive and retaliatory strikes against terrorists with this..

Answer 31

National Security Decision Directive 138

Question 32

This was the first time night time vision goggles were used. President Bush, 1989, Largest air operation since Vietnam.

Answer 32

Operation Just Cause

Question 33

This was a defensive move against Saddam Hussein, Iraq, from moving into Saudi Arabia.

Answer 33

Operation Desert Shield

Question 34

After Saddam missed his final deadline this operation began, within 24 hours the air was won, lasted 43 days

Answer 34

Operation Desert Storm

Question 35

Kurdish, Turkey humanitarian relief

Answer 35

Operations provide Comfort and Northern Watch

Question 36

This became the test for the AEF concept, Iraq, 1992-2003, no-fly zone over S. Iraq

Answer 36

Operation Southern Watch

Question 37

To relieve suffering of refugees near the Kenya-Somalia border..1992..2 year civil war, famine

Answer 37

Operation Provide Relief

Question 38

President Bush authorized this operation to establish order in Somalia so that food could reach those in need, 1993

Answer 38

Operation Restore Hope

Question 39

Despite his own wounds he provided life saving medical treatment, 18-hour combat, Mogadishu, Air Force Cross

Answer 39

Timothy Wilkinson

Question 40

Tasked with only stabilizing the situation in Mogadishu

Answer 40

Operation Restore Hope 2

Question 41

Last minute change indicated the flexibility of airpower, Haiti, 1994,

Answer 41

Operation Uphold Democracy

Question 42

1992 U.S. recognized Bosnia's independence, began airlifting relief to Sarajevo, C-130 was the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to suffer damage from the operation

Answer 42

Operation Provide Promise

Question 43

This was an effort to limit the war in Bosnia through imposition of a no-fly zone

Answer 43

Operation Deny Flight

Question 44

This marked the first campaign in aerial warfare where precision munitions outweighed conventional bombs

Answer 44

Operation Deliberate Force

Question 45

Kosovo, 1999, prevent ethnic cleansing

Answer 45

Operation Allied Force

Question 46

11 Sept 2001, american fighters began combat air patrols

Answer 46

Operation Noble Eagle

Question 47

This took the fight to the terrorist, provide humanitarian airlift to the oppressed people of Afghanistan and military actions to root out terrorists

Answer 47

Operation Enduring Freedom

Question 48

Operation Anaconda, Robert's Ridge, Despite mortal wounds he saved 10 people and made it possible for 7 others who were killed to come home

Answer 48

SrA Jason Cunningham

Question 49

He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, is credited with saving entire rescue team atop Takur Ghar Mountain

Answer 49

John A. Chapman

Question 50

Shock and Awe, March - May 2003, Scott Sather was first Airman killed

Answer 50

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Question 51

The first SF airman and first female to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Answer 51

Elizabeth Jacobson

Question 52

Nuristan Province, called in multiple close air support, hit 3 times,

Answer 52

Zachary Rhyner