AF PDG questions with complete solutions

In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt directed the army air corps to accept black Americans into aviation cadet training; the Air Corps segregated the aviators into all-black squadrons. What are these squadrons forever known as? correct answer: The Tuskegee Airmen Number of black Americans to earn their wing as army flyers by the end if WWII. correct answer: 1,000 The first Tuskegee Airmen to fight in WWII were members of what squadron? correct answer: 99th Fighter Squadron Which Tuskegee Airman commanded the 99th Fighter Squadron and later became an Air Force general officer? correct answer: Colonel Benjamin O Davis Jr The 332d Fighter Group amassed a distinguished combat record, flying how many escort missions into Germany? correct answer: 200 In early 1941, former Air Corps Tactical School instructor Claire Lee Chennault organized the American Volunteer Group to aid Nationalist China against Japanese Invaders. What was the group known as? correct answer: The Flying Tigers The Flying Tigers amassed an impressive_________ confirmed victories, losing only 12 pilots, before being disbanded in July 1942. correct answer: 286 How many B-25 Mitchell medium bombers launched from the carrier USS Hornet on 18 April 1942, in support of a bombing raid on Japan led by Lieutenant Colonel James "Ji