Spaatz Aerospace Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
air and space power - Answers ability to take advantage of air and space to do many things
aeronauts fly what> - Answers balloons
helium - Answers safer than hydrogen
dirigible - Answers lighter than air craft that can be propelled and steered
barnstormers - Answers flying exhibitor, war surplus crafts, around the country to offer rides
blitzkrieg - Answers lightning war with combined arms
2 planes used for blitzkrieg - Answers ME-109 fighter, American B-17
kamikazes - Answers suicide bombing
cold war - Answers antagonistic relationship at US/Russia
most famous jet of WW2 that is a twin engine German jet - Answers messerschmitt ME-262A
2 vengeance weapons and description - Answers V-1: 26ft unmanned flying bomb
V-2: ballistic missile rocket propelled
berlin airlift - Answers US, Britain, and France flew supplies over blockade
Korean war - Answers UN provided assistance to south korea
priority of korean war - Answers to stop advance of north korean army at border of 38th parallel
turbopropr - Answers turbine fastened to prop
pure jet - Answers thrust from jet exhaust
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) - Answers 1915 government funded research in
aeronautics
viet minh - Answers communist seperatists
what resolution used for vietnam war and date - Answers Tonkin Gulf Resolution to prevent further
aggression (August 7th, 1964)
operation rolling thunder - Answers raise morale of south Vietnamese and told north that if they don't
negotiate, bombing would continue
planes used for operation rolling thunder - Answers B-52, F-105, F-4
guerrilla warfare - Answers hit and run, disappearing into the jungle
, tet offensive - Answers large scale surprise conventional attack on US/SV; simultaneous attacks all over
SV
SAM - Answers surface to air missle
AAA - Answers anti-aircraft artillery
operation linebacker - Answers B-52 by Nixon bombing north vietnam to negotiate and cut off from
china and soviets
operation linerbacker 2 - Answers after failed negotiations, wanted to drive NV back again with more
bombing
operation desert shield - Answers military to defend saudi arabia from Iraq
civil reserve air fleet - Answers activated for desert shield, commercial aircraft to airlift
operation desert storm - Answers deters Iraq aggression and defends saudi arabia
allied force - Answers North atlantic treaty organization's opposition to aggression
forward swept wing - Answers reduces weight costs and brag
oblique wing aircraft - Answers changes form for maximum lift, rotated to different positions.
winglets - Answers at wingtips, eliminates vortices that produce much drag, vertical, improves wing
efficiency
canards - Answers horizontal surfaces forward of main wings for trim and control while increasing
maneuverability
best efficiency by moving forward for slow, backward for supersonic slight - Answers mission adaptive
wings
UAV - Answers unmanned aerial vehicle
aeronautics - Answers the art and science of flight through atmosphere
aerodynamics - Answers science relating to the energy of gases in motion
atmosphere gases composition - Answers 1/5 oxygen
4/5 nitrogen
up to 100 miles
causes dynamic reaction through air in which it moves - Answers airfoil
what does an airfoil create - Answers forward lift
air and space power - Answers ability to take advantage of air and space to do many things
aeronauts fly what> - Answers balloons
helium - Answers safer than hydrogen
dirigible - Answers lighter than air craft that can be propelled and steered
barnstormers - Answers flying exhibitor, war surplus crafts, around the country to offer rides
blitzkrieg - Answers lightning war with combined arms
2 planes used for blitzkrieg - Answers ME-109 fighter, American B-17
kamikazes - Answers suicide bombing
cold war - Answers antagonistic relationship at US/Russia
most famous jet of WW2 that is a twin engine German jet - Answers messerschmitt ME-262A
2 vengeance weapons and description - Answers V-1: 26ft unmanned flying bomb
V-2: ballistic missile rocket propelled
berlin airlift - Answers US, Britain, and France flew supplies over blockade
Korean war - Answers UN provided assistance to south korea
priority of korean war - Answers to stop advance of north korean army at border of 38th parallel
turbopropr - Answers turbine fastened to prop
pure jet - Answers thrust from jet exhaust
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) - Answers 1915 government funded research in
aeronautics
viet minh - Answers communist seperatists
what resolution used for vietnam war and date - Answers Tonkin Gulf Resolution to prevent further
aggression (August 7th, 1964)
operation rolling thunder - Answers raise morale of south Vietnamese and told north that if they don't
negotiate, bombing would continue
planes used for operation rolling thunder - Answers B-52, F-105, F-4
guerrilla warfare - Answers hit and run, disappearing into the jungle
, tet offensive - Answers large scale surprise conventional attack on US/SV; simultaneous attacks all over
SV
SAM - Answers surface to air missle
AAA - Answers anti-aircraft artillery
operation linebacker - Answers B-52 by Nixon bombing north vietnam to negotiate and cut off from
china and soviets
operation linerbacker 2 - Answers after failed negotiations, wanted to drive NV back again with more
bombing
operation desert shield - Answers military to defend saudi arabia from Iraq
civil reserve air fleet - Answers activated for desert shield, commercial aircraft to airlift
operation desert storm - Answers deters Iraq aggression and defends saudi arabia
allied force - Answers North atlantic treaty organization's opposition to aggression
forward swept wing - Answers reduces weight costs and brag
oblique wing aircraft - Answers changes form for maximum lift, rotated to different positions.
winglets - Answers at wingtips, eliminates vortices that produce much drag, vertical, improves wing
efficiency
canards - Answers horizontal surfaces forward of main wings for trim and control while increasing
maneuverability
best efficiency by moving forward for slow, backward for supersonic slight - Answers mission adaptive
wings
UAV - Answers unmanned aerial vehicle
aeronautics - Answers the art and science of flight through atmosphere
aerodynamics - Answers science relating to the energy of gases in motion
atmosphere gases composition - Answers 1/5 oxygen
4/5 nitrogen
up to 100 miles
causes dynamic reaction through air in which it moves - Answers airfoil
what does an airfoil create - Answers forward lift
