WAPS –SSGT EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-
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air airplane flight in 1903? - ANSWERS-The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasolin
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e engine and revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the airc
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raft successfully fly four manned missions? - ANSWERS-
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17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC
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Who is considered the "father" of flying? - ANSWERS-Orville Wright
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He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US A
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rmy. - ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912.
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- ANSWERS-William "Billy" Mitchell
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He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded mos
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t US air combat units* during much of *1918*. - ANSWERS-
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He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing t
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rails* in 1921. - ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German bat
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tleship *Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership. -
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ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-
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martial ordered by President Coolidge? - ANSWERS-
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outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality
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of the Air Service, and criticism of superiors
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He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the
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field. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in th
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e acceptance tests of the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a W
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right flyer designated Signal Corps No. 1, in 1908 and 1909. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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*He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero
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Squadron*, in 1915. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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,He *commanded the 1st Aero Squadron* during the *Mexican Punitive Expedition fr
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om 1916-1917* (the first deployment of a US Army air unit to the field). -
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ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He played a major role in *planning* and implementing the *$640 million aviation pr
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ogram* started after the US entered WWI. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fuolois
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He was promoted to brigadier general and named *Chief of the Air Service for the
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American Expeditionary Force in 1917*, but was replaced by *General Patrick* six
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months later. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He became Assistant Chief of the Air Service in 1927 and was promoted to major g
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eneral and named Chief of the Air Corps 1931. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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In 1934, whose reputation was damaged when he agreed that the Air Corps could f
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ly the US mail and they later proved to be ill-equipped. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He commanded the US Army Air Forces during WWII and is generally recognized
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as the father of the modern USAF. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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Under his direction, the US Army Air Forces expanded from 22,000 members and
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3,900 aircraft to nearly 2.5 million members and 75,000 aircraft. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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His career would then go on to parallel the early development of the US military avi
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ation, spending most of WWI as the highest-
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ranking flying officer in Washington, D.C. and winning two Mackay Trophies for ma
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king the most meritorious military flights in 1912 and 1934. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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Congress appointed him the first and only five-vc vc vc vc vc vc vc
star General of the Air Force in 1949. He was a five-
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star General of the Army in 1944. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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He was the first Chief of Staff of the USAF and was appointed by President Harry
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S. Truman in 1947. - ANSWERS-General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
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He served in France during WWI and commanded the US Strategic Air Forces in E
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urope and was tasked with softening up Hitler's Fortress Europe during WWII. -
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ANSWERS-General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
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He oversaw the final strategic bombing campaign against Japan (including the 194
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5 atomic attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki) - ANSWERS-
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, He was the founding father of the modern Air Force and commander of the first co
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mbat Air Force. - ANSWERS-Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
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Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews assumed command of the newly created Ge
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neral Headquarters Air Force in - ANSWERS-1935
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In 1939, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, was named what? - ANSWERS-
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The Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training
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He was named Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command in 1941, assu
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med command of US Forces in the Middle East when America entered WWII and
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was promoted to lieutenant general. - ANSWERS-
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He accepted command of US Forces in the European Theater in 1943 and he was
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one of the most promising Army Air Forces generals until his career ended prematu
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rely when he died in an aircraft near Iceland in 1943. - ANSWERS-
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In 1949, Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was named in his honor -
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ANSWERS-Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
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He was a daring and innovative aviator who participated in the Pan-
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American Goodwill tour of 1926 and 1927. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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He flew in the first extended aerial refueling experiment and served in the office of t
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he Chief of the Air Corps during the 1930s. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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He accepted command of the 29th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, CA in 1940 an
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d took command of the VIII Bomber Command and was promoted to brigadier gen
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eral in 1942. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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General IRA C. Eaker served as commander of which forces after promotion to lieu
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tenant general in 1943. - ANSWERS-Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
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He was Deputy Commander, US Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff after W
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WII until his retirement in 1947. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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General IRA C. Eaker was promoted to a four-
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star general by President Reagan in - ANSWERS-1985
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Who convinced Prime Minister Winston Churchill and directed the daylight strategic
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bombardment campaigns against the German military and industrial base of Nazi-
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occupied Europe and Germany? - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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He was a pioneer logistician who coordinated the rapid expansion of American's air
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arsenal during WWII and as Chief, Army Air Forces Material Division, he lead the
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most massive aircraft procurement in history. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Oliver P. Echols
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ANSWERS
Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-
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air airplane flight in 1903? - ANSWERS-The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasolin
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e engine and revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the airc
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raft successfully fly four manned missions? - ANSWERS-
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17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC
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Who is considered the "father" of flying? - ANSWERS-Orville Wright
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He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US A
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rmy. - ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912.
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- ANSWERS-William "Billy" Mitchell
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He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded mos
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t US air combat units* during much of *1918*. - ANSWERS-
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He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing t
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rails* in 1921. - ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German bat
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tleship *Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership. -
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ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-
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martial ordered by President Coolidge? - ANSWERS-
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outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality
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of the Air Service, and criticism of superiors
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He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the
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field. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in th
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e acceptance tests of the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a W
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right flyer designated Signal Corps No. 1, in 1908 and 1909. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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*He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero
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Squadron*, in 1915. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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,He *commanded the 1st Aero Squadron* during the *Mexican Punitive Expedition fr
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om 1916-1917* (the first deployment of a US Army air unit to the field). -
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ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He played a major role in *planning* and implementing the *$640 million aviation pr
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ogram* started after the US entered WWI. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fuolois
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He was promoted to brigadier general and named *Chief of the Air Service for the
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American Expeditionary Force in 1917*, but was replaced by *General Patrick* six
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months later. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He became Assistant Chief of the Air Service in 1927 and was promoted to major g
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eneral and named Chief of the Air Corps 1931. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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In 1934, whose reputation was damaged when he agreed that the Air Corps could f
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ly the US mail and they later proved to be ill-equipped. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He commanded the US Army Air Forces during WWII and is generally recognized
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as the father of the modern USAF. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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Under his direction, the US Army Air Forces expanded from 22,000 members and
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3,900 aircraft to nearly 2.5 million members and 75,000 aircraft. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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His career would then go on to parallel the early development of the US military avi
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ation, spending most of WWI as the highest-
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ranking flying officer in Washington, D.C. and winning two Mackay Trophies for ma
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king the most meritorious military flights in 1912 and 1934. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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Congress appointed him the first and only five-vc vc vc vc vc vc vc
star General of the Air Force in 1949. He was a five-
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star General of the Army in 1944. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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He was the first Chief of Staff of the USAF and was appointed by President Harry
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S. Truman in 1947. - ANSWERS-General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
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urope and was tasked with softening up Hitler's Fortress Europe during WWII. -
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ANSWERS-General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
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Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews assumed command of the newly created Ge
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neral Headquarters Air Force in - ANSWERS-1935
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In 1939, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, was named what? - ANSWERS-
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He accepted command of the 29th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, CA in 1940 an
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d took command of the VIII Bomber Command and was promoted to brigadier gen
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eral in 1942. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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He was Deputy Commander, US Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff after W
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WII until his retirement in 1947. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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General IRA C. Eaker was promoted to a four-
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star general by President Reagan in - ANSWERS-1985
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Major General Oliver P. Echols
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