Air Force Security Forces Test 1 Unit
1 Exam/Questions with Answers
(Security Forces Study Guide for Unit
1)
Gen. Hap Arnold - -Established Office of the Air Provost Marshal
Army Air Force Military Police Companies combined
Named AAF Base Security Battalions
First major milestone of career field
-National Security Act of 1947 - -Authorized creation of the United States Air
Force
Took over personnel, aircraft, and mission of the AAF including Military Police
force
Eventually became USAF Security Forces
-Gen Order #1 - -January 1948
HQ USAF designated units and individuals serving under them as "Air Police"
Established the Air Provost Marshal
-Korean War Era - -1950's
America and SK forces ill prepared
-Air police only armed force on Base
-Needed more extensive base defense capability
-concentrated on training AP who trained other USAF members
-Milestones (1950's) - -Nuclear Retaliation
Combat ready weapons security mindset
AP School Tyndall AFB, FL (Sep 1950)
Air Base Defense School Parks AFB, CA (1952)
SF School Lackland AFB, TX (OCT 1956)
-Vietnam and Air Base Defense - -1960's
Air Provost Marshal changed to Director of Security and Law enforcement
July 1, 1965 Sgt. Terrance Jensen first AP KIA Vietnam
1966- AP to Security Police
-Operation Safe Side - -1967
Boost protection of Air Bases
Trained SP in light infantry/special weapons tactics
1041st Security Police Squadron (train for operational deployment to SE Asia,
success in ground combat skills for training SP)
, -Battle of Tan Son Nhut - -Jan 31, 1968 Vietnam Tet Offensive
Col. Billy Jack Carter SP Squad. Commander for 377th at Tan Son Nhut
Biggest test of SP combat effectiveness
Bunker 051 (5 man team, held off enemy assault long enough for
reinforcements, prevented penetration of base, 4 of 5 KIA, Sgt. Louis Fisher,
William Cyr, Charles Hebron, Roger Mills, Sgt. Alonzo Coggins survived)
-Battle of TSN (Lessons Learned) - -Vietnam Conflict changed the threat to
air bases
Base defense needed revision (no front lines, Battle Zones undefined, rear
unsafe)
-March 1971 - -Security Forces split into Security and Law Enforcement
Professionalism of Law Enforce. and Nuclear SecFo
-November 1971 - -12 female Airmen enter Law Enforce.
-SS Mayaguez - -May 1975
1st high priority rescue mission
Merchant ship, seized by Cambodian pirates, mission-recapture crew
Rescue helicopter crashed, 18 died- awarded Bronze Medals
-Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) - -Deployed throughout Europe
SP responsible force safety and protection
-Operation Urgent Fury - -1983 Grenada
SP among 1st to arrive
Tasked with securing landing strips and Enemy Prisoners of War
-Operation Just Cause - -Dec 1989 Panama
secure landing strips
drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
-Operation Desert Shield - -Gulf War Era
Aug 1990
needed highly trained mobile expeditionary force
first SP involved in large scale war since Vietnam
-Operation Desert Storm - -Jan 1991
Objective to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
tasked with: securing air bases, dignitary support, securing classified
information and resources, counter-terrorism
-Khobar Tower - -June 1996 Saudi Arabia
1 Exam/Questions with Answers
(Security Forces Study Guide for Unit
1)
Gen. Hap Arnold - -Established Office of the Air Provost Marshal
Army Air Force Military Police Companies combined
Named AAF Base Security Battalions
First major milestone of career field
-National Security Act of 1947 - -Authorized creation of the United States Air
Force
Took over personnel, aircraft, and mission of the AAF including Military Police
force
Eventually became USAF Security Forces
-Gen Order #1 - -January 1948
HQ USAF designated units and individuals serving under them as "Air Police"
Established the Air Provost Marshal
-Korean War Era - -1950's
America and SK forces ill prepared
-Air police only armed force on Base
-Needed more extensive base defense capability
-concentrated on training AP who trained other USAF members
-Milestones (1950's) - -Nuclear Retaliation
Combat ready weapons security mindset
AP School Tyndall AFB, FL (Sep 1950)
Air Base Defense School Parks AFB, CA (1952)
SF School Lackland AFB, TX (OCT 1956)
-Vietnam and Air Base Defense - -1960's
Air Provost Marshal changed to Director of Security and Law enforcement
July 1, 1965 Sgt. Terrance Jensen first AP KIA Vietnam
1966- AP to Security Police
-Operation Safe Side - -1967
Boost protection of Air Bases
Trained SP in light infantry/special weapons tactics
1041st Security Police Squadron (train for operational deployment to SE Asia,
success in ground combat skills for training SP)
, -Battle of Tan Son Nhut - -Jan 31, 1968 Vietnam Tet Offensive
Col. Billy Jack Carter SP Squad. Commander for 377th at Tan Son Nhut
Biggest test of SP combat effectiveness
Bunker 051 (5 man team, held off enemy assault long enough for
reinforcements, prevented penetration of base, 4 of 5 KIA, Sgt. Louis Fisher,
William Cyr, Charles Hebron, Roger Mills, Sgt. Alonzo Coggins survived)
-Battle of TSN (Lessons Learned) - -Vietnam Conflict changed the threat to
air bases
Base defense needed revision (no front lines, Battle Zones undefined, rear
unsafe)
-March 1971 - -Security Forces split into Security and Law Enforcement
Professionalism of Law Enforce. and Nuclear SecFo
-November 1971 - -12 female Airmen enter Law Enforce.
-SS Mayaguez - -May 1975
1st high priority rescue mission
Merchant ship, seized by Cambodian pirates, mission-recapture crew
Rescue helicopter crashed, 18 died- awarded Bronze Medals
-Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) - -Deployed throughout Europe
SP responsible force safety and protection
-Operation Urgent Fury - -1983 Grenada
SP among 1st to arrive
Tasked with securing landing strips and Enemy Prisoners of War
-Operation Just Cause - -Dec 1989 Panama
secure landing strips
drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
-Operation Desert Shield - -Gulf War Era
Aug 1990
needed highly trained mobile expeditionary force
first SP involved in large scale war since Vietnam
-Operation Desert Storm - -Jan 1991
Objective to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
tasked with: securing air bases, dignitary support, securing classified
information and resources, counter-terrorism
-Khobar Tower - -June 1996 Saudi Arabia
