OTS NOTETAKER EXAM
PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE.
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does the USAF not tolerate, as covered by the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? -
ANS Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation
What publication details the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? - ANS DAFI 36-2710
Who is charged with taking immediate and appropriate actions to address inappropriate
behaviors or allegations once they are made aware? - ANS commanders
What is prohibited discrimination? - ANS The use of terms that degrade or connote negative
statements pertaining to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, genetic info, and mental
or physical disability
What were the five key events starting in 1783 that led to President Theodore Roosevelt's
establishment of an Aeronautical Division in the US Army's Signal Corp of August 1907? -
ANS 1. 1783 - Invention of the hot air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers
2. 1794 - est. of French Aerostatic Corps during Fr. Rev. War
3. 1853 - Creation of fixed-wing glider by Sir George Cayley
4. 1861 - US Balloon Corps est by Union during Civil War
5. early 1900s - Orville and Wilbur Wright's powered glider invented and flown
Copyright ©2025 BRIGHTSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,What is the oldest squadron in the USAF, established October 1912? - ANS 1st Aero
Squadron
Who were the first three American enlisted pilots? - ANS Vernon Burge, William Ocker,
William Lamkey
When and what established the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps? - ANS July 18, 1914;
House Resolution 5304
Which pilot had the most American aerial victories until WWII, known as "Fast Eddie" and the
"Ace of Aces"? - ANS Edward Rickenbacker
Who was the first African-American pilot, known as "the Black Swallow of Death"? -
ANS Eugene Bullard
Which aviator sunk the captured German battleship Ostfriesland, known as the "Father of the
USAF"? - ANS William "Billy" Mitchell
What was the Question Mark Mission and which USAF Chief of Staff launched it? - ANS In
1929, QM was initiated to showcase the capability and potential of aerial refueling; launched by
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz
Which general flew in the Question Mark mission as well as demonstrated daylight bombing
campaigns against Germany? - ANS Gen. Ira C. Eaker
When was the US Army Air Force established? - ANS June 20, 1941
Who was Chief of the Air Corps and later became Commanding General of the US Army Air
Forces under with its greatest amount of force and aircraft? - ANS Gen. Henry H. "Hap"
Arnold
Copyright ©2025 BRIGHTSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, What event and when marked the the entry of the US into WW2? - ANS The Japanese Attack
on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
What President and Executive Order abolished racial discrimination and segregation in the
USAF? - ANS President Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981
What group of Airmen led by Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. had nearly 1,000 black Americans
who destroyed 111 enemy aircraft and flew 200 escort missions over Germany and additionally
prepared the USAF to be the first of the US Armed Services to integrate? - ANS The Tuskegee
Airmen
Who were the Flying Tigers and who were they led by? - ANS AKA the First American
Volunteer Group, 3 squadrons of Army Air Corps, Navy, Marine Corps, and civilian pilots that
flew in support of Nationalist China against the Japanese. Led by Capt. Claire Lee Chennault
What was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in WW2? - ANS A support agency est. during
WW2 that mustered 150,000 members that served as mechanics, topographers, medical
specialists, and chemists
What was Operation Argument/Big Week - ANS An offensive from February 20-25 1944 that
secured Allied air supremacy over Europe, destroying 500 Luftwaffe fighters and killing 400
pilots
What did the Army Air Corps do on D-Day/Invasion of Normandy? - ANS Launched 8,722
sorties against German defenses in France
Who became the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967 - ANS Paul W. Airey
Who led the first bombing raid on Tokyo, which while only causing minor damage, boosted
American morale and shocked Japanese leaders? - ANS James H. Doolittle
Copyright ©2025 BRIGHTSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE.
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does the USAF not tolerate, as covered by the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? -
ANS Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation
What publication details the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? - ANS DAFI 36-2710
Who is charged with taking immediate and appropriate actions to address inappropriate
behaviors or allegations once they are made aware? - ANS commanders
What is prohibited discrimination? - ANS The use of terms that degrade or connote negative
statements pertaining to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, genetic info, and mental
or physical disability
What were the five key events starting in 1783 that led to President Theodore Roosevelt's
establishment of an Aeronautical Division in the US Army's Signal Corp of August 1907? -
ANS 1. 1783 - Invention of the hot air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers
2. 1794 - est. of French Aerostatic Corps during Fr. Rev. War
3. 1853 - Creation of fixed-wing glider by Sir George Cayley
4. 1861 - US Balloon Corps est by Union during Civil War
5. early 1900s - Orville and Wilbur Wright's powered glider invented and flown
Copyright ©2025 BRIGHTSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,What is the oldest squadron in the USAF, established October 1912? - ANS 1st Aero
Squadron
Who were the first three American enlisted pilots? - ANS Vernon Burge, William Ocker,
William Lamkey
When and what established the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps? - ANS July 18, 1914;
House Resolution 5304
Which pilot had the most American aerial victories until WWII, known as "Fast Eddie" and the
"Ace of Aces"? - ANS Edward Rickenbacker
Who was the first African-American pilot, known as "the Black Swallow of Death"? -
ANS Eugene Bullard
Which aviator sunk the captured German battleship Ostfriesland, known as the "Father of the
USAF"? - ANS William "Billy" Mitchell
What was the Question Mark Mission and which USAF Chief of Staff launched it? - ANS In
1929, QM was initiated to showcase the capability and potential of aerial refueling; launched by
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz
Which general flew in the Question Mark mission as well as demonstrated daylight bombing
campaigns against Germany? - ANS Gen. Ira C. Eaker
When was the US Army Air Force established? - ANS June 20, 1941
Who was Chief of the Air Corps and later became Commanding General of the US Army Air
Forces under with its greatest amount of force and aircraft? - ANS Gen. Henry H. "Hap"
Arnold
Copyright ©2025 BRIGHTSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, What event and when marked the the entry of the US into WW2? - ANS The Japanese Attack
on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
What President and Executive Order abolished racial discrimination and segregation in the
USAF? - ANS President Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981
What group of Airmen led by Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. had nearly 1,000 black Americans
who destroyed 111 enemy aircraft and flew 200 escort missions over Germany and additionally
prepared the USAF to be the first of the US Armed Services to integrate? - ANS The Tuskegee
Airmen
Who were the Flying Tigers and who were they led by? - ANS AKA the First American
Volunteer Group, 3 squadrons of Army Air Corps, Navy, Marine Corps, and civilian pilots that
flew in support of Nationalist China against the Japanese. Led by Capt. Claire Lee Chennault
What was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in WW2? - ANS A support agency est. during
WW2 that mustered 150,000 members that served as mechanics, topographers, medical
specialists, and chemists
What was Operation Argument/Big Week - ANS An offensive from February 20-25 1944 that
secured Allied air supremacy over Europe, destroying 500 Luftwaffe fighters and killing 400
pilots
What did the Army Air Corps do on D-Day/Invasion of Normandy? - ANS Launched 8,722
sorties against German defenses in France
Who became the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967 - ANS Paul W. Airey
Who led the first bombing raid on Tokyo, which while only causing minor damage, boosted
American morale and shocked Japanese leaders? - ANS James H. Doolittle
Copyright ©2025 BRIGHTSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
