TSGT PDG FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Lieutenant General Frank. M. Andrew - ✔✔One of the founding fathers and
commanders of the first combat Air Force. Killed in an Aircraft accident near Iceland.
✔✔Major General Oliver P. Echols - ✔✔Coordinated the most massive aircraft
procurement program in history as Chief, Army Air Force Material Division
✔✔Capitian Lillian K. Keil - ✔✔As a flight nurse in the Army Air Forces, she became the
most decorated woman in the United States military history
✔✔General George C. Kenny - ✔✔gained a reputation as a technical and tactical
innovator. Gained Mac Arthur's confidence because he knew how to run combat air
forces and produce results quickly
✔✔General Benjamin O. Davis Jr - ✔✔Commander of the World War 2 Tuskegee
Airmen and eventually became the first African American officer in any service to hold
the rank of Major General. Remained active and organized a special force of sky
marshals to help combat aircraft hijacking.
✔✔Colonel Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran - ✔✔First female pilot to break the sound
barrier, make a blind landing, and fly a bomber across the Atlantic appointed to the staff
of the United States Army Air Forces and director of the Women's Air Force Service
Pilots.
✔✔General Curtis E. Lemay - ✔✔developed Strategic Air Command's policy of constant
alert, keeping some bombers aloft at all times, ready to respond to a soviet attack, and
made Strategic Air Command the world's most powerful nuclear force.
✔✔ST Paul, Minnesota and Kelly Field, TX - ✔✔Sites of mechanic's training and other
special schools and technical institutions.
✔✔Private Schools - ✔✔From 1939 until 1941, training centers expanded and
multiplied. The air corps could not build housing fast enough or find qualified instructors
in sufficient numbers to keep up with the pace. Army officials turned to Private Schools
to help meet the demand
✔✔The Women Army Auxiliary Corps - ✔✔Created in May 1942 replacing men who
could then be reassigned to combat and other vital duties. Would become the Women
Army Corps in spring of 1943
✔✔Air Force Letter 35.3 - ✔✔Published 11 May 1949, mandating that black Airmen be
screened for reassignment to formerly all-white units
, ✔✔Kimpo - ✔✔On 27 June 1950, first aerial combat between United States and North
Korea
✔✔Staff Sergeant Nyle S. Mickley - ✔✔B-26 Gunner shot down a North Korean YaK-3,
the first such victory recorded during the war
✔✔Sergeant Billie Beach - ✔✔B29 tail gunner shot down two MiGs on 12 April 1951.
✔✔The Senate - ✔✔Appointed by the President with the advice and consent of The
Senate
✔✔The Armed Forces Policy Council - ✔✔consist of the Secretary of Defense,
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the chairman, Joint chiefs of Staff; Under
Secretaries of Defense; the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition; and the
four service chiefs
✔✔Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 - ✔✔provision that allows
President to authorize communication through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
✔✔Combatant Commander - ✔✔deploys,directs,controls, and coordinates the action of
the command forces, conducts joint training exercise, and control certain support
functions
✔✔Service Secretaries - ✔✔responsible for providing efficiently organized ,trained, and
equipped forces to the combatant commanders
✔✔The Key West Agreement of 1948 - ✔✔established the function of each branch of
the Armed Forces
✔✔Headquarters Air Force and it field units - ✔✔Departments that comprises the Air
Force
✔✔Headquarters of the Air Force - ✔✔consist of the Secretariat and the Air Staff
✔✔Air National Guard consist of how many reserve components - ✔✔7
✔✔Major Commands, Field Operating Agencies, and Direct Reporting Units -
✔✔Department of the Air Force
✔✔Operational Command - ✔✔consist strategic, tactical, space, or defense forces, or
of flying forces that directly support such forces
✔✔Field Operating Agencies - ✔✔Direct subordinate to a Headquarters Air Force
functional managers and performs fields act
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Lieutenant General Frank. M. Andrew - ✔✔One of the founding fathers and
commanders of the first combat Air Force. Killed in an Aircraft accident near Iceland.
✔✔Major General Oliver P. Echols - ✔✔Coordinated the most massive aircraft
procurement program in history as Chief, Army Air Force Material Division
✔✔Capitian Lillian K. Keil - ✔✔As a flight nurse in the Army Air Forces, she became the
most decorated woman in the United States military history
✔✔General George C. Kenny - ✔✔gained a reputation as a technical and tactical
innovator. Gained Mac Arthur's confidence because he knew how to run combat air
forces and produce results quickly
✔✔General Benjamin O. Davis Jr - ✔✔Commander of the World War 2 Tuskegee
Airmen and eventually became the first African American officer in any service to hold
the rank of Major General. Remained active and organized a special force of sky
marshals to help combat aircraft hijacking.
✔✔Colonel Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran - ✔✔First female pilot to break the sound
barrier, make a blind landing, and fly a bomber across the Atlantic appointed to the staff
of the United States Army Air Forces and director of the Women's Air Force Service
Pilots.
✔✔General Curtis E. Lemay - ✔✔developed Strategic Air Command's policy of constant
alert, keeping some bombers aloft at all times, ready to respond to a soviet attack, and
made Strategic Air Command the world's most powerful nuclear force.
✔✔ST Paul, Minnesota and Kelly Field, TX - ✔✔Sites of mechanic's training and other
special schools and technical institutions.
✔✔Private Schools - ✔✔From 1939 until 1941, training centers expanded and
multiplied. The air corps could not build housing fast enough or find qualified instructors
in sufficient numbers to keep up with the pace. Army officials turned to Private Schools
to help meet the demand
✔✔The Women Army Auxiliary Corps - ✔✔Created in May 1942 replacing men who
could then be reassigned to combat and other vital duties. Would become the Women
Army Corps in spring of 1943
✔✔Air Force Letter 35.3 - ✔✔Published 11 May 1949, mandating that black Airmen be
screened for reassignment to formerly all-white units
, ✔✔Kimpo - ✔✔On 27 June 1950, first aerial combat between United States and North
Korea
✔✔Staff Sergeant Nyle S. Mickley - ✔✔B-26 Gunner shot down a North Korean YaK-3,
the first such victory recorded during the war
✔✔Sergeant Billie Beach - ✔✔B29 tail gunner shot down two MiGs on 12 April 1951.
✔✔The Senate - ✔✔Appointed by the President with the advice and consent of The
Senate
✔✔The Armed Forces Policy Council - ✔✔consist of the Secretary of Defense,
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the chairman, Joint chiefs of Staff; Under
Secretaries of Defense; the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition; and the
four service chiefs
✔✔Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 - ✔✔provision that allows
President to authorize communication through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
✔✔Combatant Commander - ✔✔deploys,directs,controls, and coordinates the action of
the command forces, conducts joint training exercise, and control certain support
functions
✔✔Service Secretaries - ✔✔responsible for providing efficiently organized ,trained, and
equipped forces to the combatant commanders
✔✔The Key West Agreement of 1948 - ✔✔established the function of each branch of
the Armed Forces
✔✔Headquarters Air Force and it field units - ✔✔Departments that comprises the Air
Force
✔✔Headquarters of the Air Force - ✔✔consist of the Secretariat and the Air Staff
✔✔Air National Guard consist of how many reserve components - ✔✔7
✔✔Major Commands, Field Operating Agencies, and Direct Reporting Units -
✔✔Department of the Air Force
✔✔Operational Command - ✔✔consist strategic, tactical, space, or defense forces, or
of flying forces that directly support such forces
✔✔Field Operating Agencies - ✔✔Direct subordinate to a Headquarters Air Force
functional managers and performs fields act
