WAPS - E5 Study Guide 2023/24

WAPS - E5 Study Guide 2023/24 When did Islamic extremist attack four airlines - 11 September 2001 how many airlines did terrorist hijack on 11 Sep 01 - Four How many people were injured and killed when the terrorist hijacked the airlines - 6,000 injured and 2, 996 killed How many terrorists were involved in the hijacking on 11 Sep 01 - Nineteen What happened to the four airlines when hijacked - two were flown into the world trade center, one was flown into the pentagon, and the fourth was in a field in Pennsylvania Which president declared a global war on terrorism - George W. Bush Which airlines crashed into the World Trade Center - American Flight 11 and United Flight 175 What airline crashed into the Pentagon - American Flight 77 What airline crashed in Shanksville, Pa - United Flight 93 Which operation was the response to the 11 Sep 01 terrorist attack - Operation Noble Eagle Which command with more than 100 ANG,AFR, AD firefighters continued to monitor after 9/11 attack - North American Aerospace Defense Command Who did the US report was behind the worst terrorist attack in the world - Osama Bin Laden What demands did Bush give to the Taliban after the 9-11 attacks - - deliver all leaders of Al-Qaeda to the US government - release all imprisoned foreign nationals - immediately close all terrorist training camps - hand over all terrorist and supporters to authorities - allow inspectors full access to terrorist training camps Which operation took the fight against terrorism to foreign soil - Operation Enduring Freedom Which operation was focused on forming and acting with an international coalition to remove Afgans taliban government - Operation Enduring Freedom How many aircrafts did the US send to afgan - 350 Which bombers, fighters, and unmanned aerial vehicles deployed to bases in Afgan - B-1 and B-52 bombers F-15 and F-16 fighters RQ-1B and RQ-4A aerial vehicles On 7 Oct 01, which countries aircraft began a sustained air campaign against terrorist targets in Afgan - US, British, and French Enduring Freedom strikes began with Air Force bombers, who directed attacks to engagement zones for the AF B-52 bombers - Ground-based forces What enabled air planners to reduce, with great accuracy, the number of air sorties required to destroy particular objectives in Enduring Freedom - Guided munitions In the opening days of the campaign which targets did joint and combined efforts destroy - Taliban air defenses, command centers, and other fixed targets Combat operations in Afgan began with small groups of elite american military forces. Who were they deployed to support - Anti-taliban