Security Forces Test Block One Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
1943 General Henry Hap Arnold - Correct answer-Established office of the Air
Provost Marshal
Army Air Force (AAF) and military police combined
Renamed AAF Security Batallions
National Security Act of 1947 - Correct answer-Created the USAF
Army Air Force MP eventually became the USAF
1948 General Order No. 1 - Correct answer-Designated units and individuals
serving under them as "air police"
Established the Air Provost Marshal
1st Air Provost Marshal - Correct answer-Colonel Joseph V Dillon
Korean War Era 1950 - Correct answer-Air police were the only "armed" force on
base
AF needed to develop a more extensive base defense
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,* unpreparedness of Korean War led to development and training of all AF
members
1950 - Correct answer-First Air Force police school was established at Tyndall
AFB in Florida
1952 - Correct answer-Air Base Defense School was developed at Parks AFB in
California
1956 - Correct answer-Air Police Training transferred to Lackland AFB in Texas
1960s Vietnam and Air Base Defense - Correct answer-The name of the "Air
Provost Marshal" changed to the Director of Security and Law Enforcement
1965 - Correct answer-First Air Policeman killed in action in Vietnam
1966 - Correct answer-Career field name changed from Air Police to Security
Police
1967 - Correct answer-Operation SAFE SIDE formed 1041st SP Squadron
* test squadron to deploy to Southeast Asia
Battle of Son nhut - Correct answer-Jan 31 1968 Vietnam Tet defense offensive
- biggest test of combat effectiveness
- bunker 051 5 man team held off assault long enough to wait for back up
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,- attacked by a force of over seven Viet cong army battalions 2,500 enemy troops
- it was a Vietnamese holiday so it wasn't expected
- blew a hole in the west dense and penetrated the base
- four of five men were killed Louis fisher, William cyr, Charles Hebron, Roger
mills, Alonzo Coggins (the only survivor)
- managed to take back the bunker and all five men were awarded the Silver Star
for their defense of bunker 051
Lessons Learned From Battle of Son Nhut - Correct answer-Air Base defense
policy needed revision
"Whole Base" Concept
- needed security guarding all points of the base
March 1971 - Correct answer-Security Forces split into Security and Law
Enforcement
November 1971 - Correct answer-Women entered LEA
May 1975 SS Mayaguez - Correct answer-Captured by Cambodian Forces
- 2 helicopters were sent
- one went down, 18 SP died
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, - marine corps took over the mission
- 18 of them revived brown stars of Valor
Operation URGENT FURY - Correct answer-1983 Grenada
- called upon help from the US and Cuba tried to take them over because of their
major Airport to use it for arms and military equipment
- SP units among first to arrive
- participated in drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
- helped with securing air landing strips and control of enemy prisoners of war
Operation JUST CAUSE - Correct answer-US invasion of Panama in December
1989
- brought a quick and decisive end to the dictatorial regime of General Manuel
Antonio Noriega (commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces)
- 27,000 American troops hit twenty seven targets in Panama
- Security Police units tasked with securing landing strips
- participated in drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
Operation Desert Shield - Correct answer-August 1990 objective was the defense
of Saudi Arabia in the wake of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
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2026 Questions and Answers
1943 General Henry Hap Arnold - Correct answer-Established office of the Air
Provost Marshal
Army Air Force (AAF) and military police combined
Renamed AAF Security Batallions
National Security Act of 1947 - Correct answer-Created the USAF
Army Air Force MP eventually became the USAF
1948 General Order No. 1 - Correct answer-Designated units and individuals
serving under them as "air police"
Established the Air Provost Marshal
1st Air Provost Marshal - Correct answer-Colonel Joseph V Dillon
Korean War Era 1950 - Correct answer-Air police were the only "armed" force on
base
AF needed to develop a more extensive base defense
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,* unpreparedness of Korean War led to development and training of all AF
members
1950 - Correct answer-First Air Force police school was established at Tyndall
AFB in Florida
1952 - Correct answer-Air Base Defense School was developed at Parks AFB in
California
1956 - Correct answer-Air Police Training transferred to Lackland AFB in Texas
1960s Vietnam and Air Base Defense - Correct answer-The name of the "Air
Provost Marshal" changed to the Director of Security and Law Enforcement
1965 - Correct answer-First Air Policeman killed in action in Vietnam
1966 - Correct answer-Career field name changed from Air Police to Security
Police
1967 - Correct answer-Operation SAFE SIDE formed 1041st SP Squadron
* test squadron to deploy to Southeast Asia
Battle of Son nhut - Correct answer-Jan 31 1968 Vietnam Tet defense offensive
- biggest test of combat effectiveness
- bunker 051 5 man team held off assault long enough to wait for back up
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,- attacked by a force of over seven Viet cong army battalions 2,500 enemy troops
- it was a Vietnamese holiday so it wasn't expected
- blew a hole in the west dense and penetrated the base
- four of five men were killed Louis fisher, William cyr, Charles Hebron, Roger
mills, Alonzo Coggins (the only survivor)
- managed to take back the bunker and all five men were awarded the Silver Star
for their defense of bunker 051
Lessons Learned From Battle of Son Nhut - Correct answer-Air Base defense
policy needed revision
"Whole Base" Concept
- needed security guarding all points of the base
March 1971 - Correct answer-Security Forces split into Security and Law
Enforcement
November 1971 - Correct answer-Women entered LEA
May 1975 SS Mayaguez - Correct answer-Captured by Cambodian Forces
- 2 helicopters were sent
- one went down, 18 SP died
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, - marine corps took over the mission
- 18 of them revived brown stars of Valor
Operation URGENT FURY - Correct answer-1983 Grenada
- called upon help from the US and Cuba tried to take them over because of their
major Airport to use it for arms and military equipment
- SP units among first to arrive
- participated in drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
- helped with securing air landing strips and control of enemy prisoners of war
Operation JUST CAUSE - Correct answer-US invasion of Panama in December
1989
- brought a quick and decisive end to the dictatorial regime of General Manuel
Antonio Noriega (commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces)
- 27,000 American troops hit twenty seven targets in Panama
- Security Police units tasked with securing landing strips
- participated in drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
Operation Desert Shield - Correct answer-August 1990 objective was the defense
of Saudi Arabia in the wake of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
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