TSgT PDG EXAM |199 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

General Henry "Hap" Arnold First Commanding General of the Army Air Force? Air War Planning Document 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 Combined American precision daylight bombing and British night area bombing. Formed by the Casablanca Directive of January 1943. General Spaatz and the Mighty Eighth Conducted the first American Operational bombing mission on 17 August 1942 in Rouen, France. Black Thursday Bombing of Schweinfurt ball bearing Factories that resulted in the lost of 60 Bombers on 14 October 1943. Ended unescorted bombing campaign Carpetbaggers 5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force group saved hundreds of downed aircrews trapped behind enemy lines Operation Argument operation of winning air superiority by destroying German aircraft manufacturing plants Combined Bomber Offensive Longest and bloodiest air campaign in history Sergeant Sandy Sanchez 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 First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. First recipient of The Air Force POW medal 99th Fighter Squadron First Members of the Tuskegee Airmen Lieutenant Col. James Doolittle 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 Shot down several Japanese enemy aircraft The Battle of Coral Sea The first naval battle fought entirely by Air The Battle of Midway U.S Navy pilots sank four Japanese Carriers and turn tide of the war in the Pacific Major General George C. Kenney assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in July 1942 William H. Turner 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 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. Operation Matterhorn General Arnold Air operation against Japan Post wartime strength dwindled from 79,000 aircraft and 2.4 million people to 24,000 aircraft and 304,000 The National Security Act of 1947 Established a separate and independent Department of the Air Force Stuart Symington The first Secretary of the Air Force General Carl A. Spaatz The first Chief of Staff of the Air Force Air Force Rank Change of 1952 Removed Army rank system and replaced it with Airman Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class The Berlin Crisis Awakened Americans to the Impact of the Cold War between the U.S and the Soviet Union. Berlin Airlift- Maintenance Critical to the success of the airlift Lockheed P-80 The Air Force first operational jet Fighter Charles "Chuck" Yeager First man to break the sound Barrier The Teapot Committee Convened by Trevor Gardner to examine the field of long-range missile. The National Reconnaissance Office Created in 1960, Formed to take charged of highly classified reconnaissance satellites. Corona Classified satellite photo reconnaissance program, publically known as the discoverer research program. Heralded the beginning of America's space-based photo reconnaissance capability Operation Farmgate covert deployment of the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron (Jungle Jim) to train the South Vietnamese Air Force Operation Barrel Roll A show of Force by President Johnson, Attacked communist forces in Lao's after the attack of USS Maddox Operation Rolling Thunder A program of measured and limited air action against selected military targets in North Vietnam remaining South of the 19th Parallel Operation Niagara Conducted in response to the Siege of Khe Sanh. Three b-52s hit the enemy every 90 minutes for most of the 77 day siege Operation Linebacker 2 an intense 11 ay Air Campaign to pressure enemy compliance into final negotiations Duane Hackney Pararescuemen who is one of the most honored hero's of the Vietnam war. Received 28 decorations for valor in combat and 70 awards overall. Staff Sergeant Samuel Turner B-52 tail Gunner whot shot down enemy MiG Airmen First Class Albert E. Moore Shoot down fifth overall MiG-21 durin Linebacker 2 Chief Master Sergeant Wayne Fisk Last American Serviceman to engage Communist forces in Combat in Southeast Asia. Also first director of the Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall on Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex President Nixon Ended the draft in favor of an All-Volunteer American Military Colonel Richard "Moody" Suter Founder of the Red Flag. A pilot Training Program. Flew over 200 missions and was the first F-15 Eagle Squadron commander. Also established the Air Force aggressor squadron and the Einsiedlerhof Air Station. Also the driving force behind Checkmate, The Air Force think tank for wartime scenarios. F-117 Nighthawk stealth Fighter Stealth technology Created in response to radar-guided antiaircraft artillery and surface to air missile in Vietnam Operation RiceBowl April 1980 rescue attempt of American Hostages in the Unite States embassy in Iran Mutually assured destruction Superpower strategic nuclear forces could be sized and protected to survive a nuclear attack in order to retaliate with sufficient force to destroy the other side The Missile Defense Alarm System Air Force first attempt at a space based long range missile attack detection and warning system The Vela Hotel nuclear detection Program system that could specifically detect nuclear explosions The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Treaty between U.S and The USSR that limits each country to two Anti-ballistic Missile sites: one to protect the national capital and an intercontinental ballistic missile complex The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty Treaty between the U.S and the USSR limited the number of nuclear weapons, with the objective of obtaining a verified freeze The intermediate Range Nuclear Force Treaty Treaty between the U.S and the USSR that eliminated medium range nuclear missiles, including U.S Air Force ground-launched cruise missiles First Strike mission of Operation Desert Storm Three Air force Special Operations MH-53J Pave Low helicopters and nine Army Apaches under General Charles A. Horner Operation Provide Relief Operation to relieve the suffering of refugee's near the Kenya-Somalia border and then Somalia itself Operation Impressive Lift U.S Operation to airlift hundreds of Pakistani soldiers under the UN banner to Somalia Operation Restore Hope authorized to established order in the country so that food could reach those in need TSgt Timothy A. Wilkinson pararescueman who received the Air Force Cross for repeatedly exposing himself to intense small arms fire while extracting wounded and dead crewmembers from a crashed helicopter in somalia Operation Restore Hope 2 the airlifting of 1700 US troops and 3,100 tons of cargo into Mogadishu Operation Allied Force launched due to the Serbian government oppressing its ethnic Albabian population in Kosovo