TSGT PDG EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS.
General Henry "Hap" Arnold - ANS First Commanding General of the Army Air Force?
Air War Planning Document - ANS 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 - ANS Combined American precision daylight bombing and British night
area bombing. Formed by the Casablanca Directive of January 1943.
General Spaatz and the Mighty Eighth - ANS Conducted the first American Operational
bombing mission on 17 August 1942 in Rouen, France.
Black Thursday - ANS Bombing of Schweinfurt ball bearing Factories that resulted in the lost
of 60 Bombers on 14 October 1943. Ended unescorted bombing campaign
Carpetbaggers - ANS 5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force group saved hundreds of
downed aircrews trapped behind enemy lines
Operation Argument - ANS operation of winning air superiority by destroying German aircraft
manufacturing plants
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,Combined Bomber Offensive - ANS Longest and bloodiest air campaign in history
Sergeant Sandy Sanchez - ANS 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 - ANS First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. First recipient of The Air Force
POW medal
99th Fighter Squadron - ANS First Members of the Tuskegee Airmen
Lieutenant Col. James Doolittle - ANS 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 - ANS Shot down several Japanese enemy aircraft
The Battle of Coral Sea - ANS The first naval battle fought entirely by Air
The Battle of Midway - ANS U.S Navy pilots sank four Japanese Carriers and turn tide of the
war in the Pacific
Major General George C. Kenney - ANS assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in July 1942
William H. Turner - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
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, Operation Matterhorn - ANS General Arnold Air operation against Japan
Post wartime strength - ANS dwindled from 79,000 aircraft and 2.4 million people to 24,000
aircraft and 304,000
The National Security Act of 1947 - ANS Established a separate and independent Department
of the Air Force
Stuart Symington - ANS The first Secretary of the Air Force
General Carl A. Spaatz - ANS The first Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Air Force Rank Change of 1952 - ANS Removed Army rank system and replaced it with Airman
Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class
The Berlin Crisis - ANS Awakened Americans to the Impact of the Cold War between the U.S
and the Soviet Union.
Berlin Airlift- Maintenance - ANS Critical to the success of the airlift
Lockheed P-80 - ANS The Air Force first operational jet Fighter
Charles "Chuck" Yeager - ANS First man to break the sound Barrier
The Teapot Committee - ANS Convened by Trevor Gardner to examine the field of long-range
missile.
The National Reconnaissance Office - ANS Created in 1960, Formed to take charged of highly
classified reconnaissance satellites.
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ANSWERS 100% PASS.
General Henry "Hap" Arnold - ANS First Commanding General of the Army Air Force?
Air War Planning Document - ANS 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 - ANS Combined American precision daylight bombing and British night
area bombing. Formed by the Casablanca Directive of January 1943.
General Spaatz and the Mighty Eighth - ANS Conducted the first American Operational
bombing mission on 17 August 1942 in Rouen, France.
Black Thursday - ANS Bombing of Schweinfurt ball bearing Factories that resulted in the lost
of 60 Bombers on 14 October 1943. Ended unescorted bombing campaign
Carpetbaggers - ANS 5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force group saved hundreds of
downed aircrews trapped behind enemy lines
Operation Argument - ANS operation of winning air superiority by destroying German aircraft
manufacturing plants
2026 STUDY MATERIAL @COPYRIGHT RESERVED 1
,Combined Bomber Offensive - ANS Longest and bloodiest air campaign in history
Sergeant Sandy Sanchez - ANS 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 - ANS First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. First recipient of The Air Force
POW medal
99th Fighter Squadron - ANS First Members of the Tuskegee Airmen
Lieutenant Col. James Doolittle - ANS 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 - ANS Shot down several Japanese enemy aircraft
The Battle of Coral Sea - ANS The first naval battle fought entirely by Air
The Battle of Midway - ANS U.S Navy pilots sank four Japanese Carriers and turn tide of the
war in the Pacific
Major General George C. Kenney - ANS assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in July 1942
William H. Turner - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
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, Operation Matterhorn - ANS General Arnold Air operation against Japan
Post wartime strength - ANS dwindled from 79,000 aircraft and 2.4 million people to 24,000
aircraft and 304,000
The National Security Act of 1947 - ANS Established a separate and independent Department
of the Air Force
Stuart Symington - ANS The first Secretary of the Air Force
General Carl A. Spaatz - ANS The first Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Air Force Rank Change of 1952 - ANS Removed Army rank system and replaced it with Airman
Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class
The Berlin Crisis - ANS Awakened Americans to the Impact of the Cold War between the U.S
and the Soviet Union.
Berlin Airlift- Maintenance - ANS Critical to the success of the airlift
Lockheed P-80 - ANS The Air Force first operational jet Fighter
Charles "Chuck" Yeager - ANS First man to break the sound Barrier
The Teapot Committee - ANS Convened by Trevor Gardner to examine the field of long-range
missile.
The National Reconnaissance Office - ANS Created in 1960, Formed to take charged of highly
classified reconnaissance satellites.
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