WAPS - SSGT UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

WAPS - SSGT UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane flight in 1903?
Answer:
The Wright Brothers

Question:
2. The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasoline engine and
revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the aircraft successfully fly four manned
missions?
Answer:
17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC

Question:
3. Who is considered the "father" of flying?
Answer:
Orville Wright

Question:
4. He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US Army.
Answer:
Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell

Question:
5. He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912.
Answer:
William "Billy" Mitchell

Question:
6. He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded most US air combat
units* during much of *1918*.
Answer:
Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell

Question:
7. He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing trails* in
1921.
Answer:
Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell

Question:
8. The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German battleship
*Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership.

,Answer:
Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell

Question:
9. What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-martial ordered by President Coolidge?
Answer:
outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality of the Air Service, and
criticism of superiors

Question:
10. He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the field.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

Question:
11. He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in the acceptance tests
of the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a Wright flyer designated Signal Corps No.
1, in 1908 and 1909.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

Question:
12. *He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero Squadron*, in
1915.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

Question:
13. He *commanded the 1st Aero Squadron* during the *Mexican Punitive Expedition from 1916-1917*
(the first deployment of a US Army air unit to the field).
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

Question:
14. He played a major role in *planning* and implementing the *$640 million aviation program* started
after the US entered WWI.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fuolois

Question:
15. He was promoted to brigadier general and named *Chief of the Air Service for the American
Expeditionary Force in 1917*, but was replaced by *General Patrick* six months later.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

,Question:
16. He became Assistant Chief of the Air Service in 1927 and was promoted to major general and named
Chief of the Air Corps 1931.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

Question:
17. In 1934, whose reputation was damaged when he agreed that the Air Corps could fly the US mail and
they later proved to be ill-equipped.
Answer:
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois

Question:
18. He commanded the US Army Air Forces during WWII and is generally recognized as the father of the
modern USAF.
Answer:
General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold

Question:
19. Under his direction, the US Army Air Forces expanded from 22,000 members and 3,900 aircraft to
nearly 2.5 million members and 75,000 aircraft.
Answer:
General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold

Question:
20. His career would then go on to parallel the early development of the US military aviation, spending
most of WWI as the highest-ranking flying officer in Washington, D.C. and winning two Mackay Trophies
for making the most meritorious military flights in 1912 and 1934.
Answer:
General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold

Question:
21. Congress appointed him the first and only five-star General of the Air Force in 1949. He was a five-star
General of the Army in 1944.
Answer:
General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold

Question:
22. He was the first Chief of Staff of the USAF and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1947.
Answer:
General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz

Question:
23. He served in France during WWI and commanded the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe and was
tasked with softening up Hitler's Fortress Europe during WWII.
Answer:
General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz

, Question:
24. He oversaw the final strategic bombing campaign against Japan (including the 1945 atomic attacks
against Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
Answer:
General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz

Question:
25. He was the founding father of the modern Air Force and commander of the first combat Air Force.
Answer:
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews

Question:
26. Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews assumed command of the newly created General Headquarters
Air Force in
Answer:
1935

Question:
27. In 1939, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, was named what?
Answer:
The Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training

Question:
28. He was named Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command in 1941, assumed command of
US Forces in the Middle East when America entered WWII and was promoted to lieutenant general.
Answer:
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews

Question:
29. He accepted command of US Forces in the European Theater in 1943 and he was one of the most
promising Army Air Forces generals until his career ended prematurely when he died in an aircraft near
Iceland in 1943.
Answer:
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews

Question:
30. In 1949, Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was named in his honor
Answer:
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews

Question:
31. He was a daring and innovative aviator who participated in the Pan-American Goodwill tour of 1926
and 1927.
Answer:
General IRA C. Eaker