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General Henry "Hap" Arnold - ✔✔First Commanding General of the Army Air Force?
Air War Planning Document - ✔✔Doctrinal blueprint provided the conceptual
framework for the American air effort in World War 2. Reflected 1930s Air Corp
Tactical School doctrine of using massive force to destroy the enemy's will and
capability to fight through long-range strategic bombardment
Operation PointBlank - ✔✔Combined American precision daylight bombing and British
night area bombing. Formed by the Casablanca Directive of January 1943.
General Spaatz and the Mighty Eighth - ✔✔Conducted the first American Operational
bombing mission on 17 August 1942 in Rouen, France.
Black Thursday - ✔✔Bombing of Schweinfurt ball bearing Factories that resulted in the
lost of 60 Bombers on 14 October 1943. Ended unescorted bombing campaign
Carpetbaggers - ✔✔5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force group saved hundreds
of downed aircrews trapped behind enemy lines
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,Operation Argument - ✔✔operation of winning air superiority by destroying German
aircraft manufacturing plants
Combined Bomber Offensive - ✔✔Longest and bloodiest air campaign in history
Sergeant Sandy Sanchez - ✔✔Flew 44 missions (19 more than required) as a gunner
with the 95th Bomb Group. Died during on last Nazi oil refinery on 15 March 1945.
Only enlisted men with B17 named for him.
Paul Airey - ✔✔First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. First recipient of The Air
Force POW medal
99th Fighter Squadron - ✔✔First Members of the Tuskegee Airmen
Lieutenant Col. James Doolittle - ✔✔Led 16 bombers on a raid against Tokyo, Kobe, and
Nagoya.. Caused little damage but shocked the Japanese and cheered the American
public. Received the Medal of Honor and promotion to brigadier general.
Corporal John D. Foley - ✔✔Shot down several Japanese enemy aircraft
The Battle of Coral Sea - ✔✔The first naval battle fought entirely by Air
The Battle of Midway - ✔✔U.S Navy pilots sank four Japanese Carriers and turn tide of
the war in the Pacific
Major General George C. Kenney - ✔✔assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in July
1942
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, William H. Turner - ✔✔Planned and Supervised the ferringf of 650,000 tons of supplies
across the Himalayas to Chinese and American forces in the China-Burma-India
Theater.
Thursday - ✔✔1st Air Commando Group provided assistance to British Chindit forces
conducting long range penetration missions against the Japanese. Also conducted the
first helicopter combat rescue.
Operation Matterhorn - ✔✔General Arnold Air operation against Japan
Post wartime strength - ✔✔dwindled from 79,000 aircraft to 24,000 aircraft
and 2.4 million people to 304,000
The National Security Act of 1947 - ✔✔Established a separate and independent
Department of the Air Force
Stuart Symington - ✔✔The first Secretary of the Air Force
General Carl A. Spaatz - ✔✔The first Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Air Force Rank Change of 1952 - ✔✔Removed Army rank system and replaced it with
Airman Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class
The Berlin Crisis - ✔✔Awakened Americans to the Impact of the Cold War between the
U.S and the Soviet Union.
Berlin Airlift- Maintenance - ✔✔Critical to the success of the airlift
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