SSgt-TSgt PDG exam questions with 100% |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
correct answers |\
WWII proved that ___ superiority was a required component for
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the success of land,sea and air operations. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Air
What is the name of Germany's Air Force, which emphasized
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speed and concentration of forces to crush their enemies and
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spawned the term "Blitzkrieg" or "lightning war" - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The Luftwaffe |\ |\
British Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding's Fighter Command had
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been preparing for a German onslaught since 1937 and used Sir
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Robert Watson-Watt's ___ innovation to create an effective,
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integrated air defense system. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Radar
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The Enigma machine was Britain's top-secret advantage over the
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Germans in WWII. What did it do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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machine deciphered codes providing information (known as
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ULTRA) that forewarned British intelligence of major attacks. It
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also provided invaluable insight into the status of German
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maintenance and logistics. |\ |\
In September 1940, Hitler abandoned his invasion of ___ -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Britain |\ |\
,To manage growing American air power, a major reorganization
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created the US Army Air Forces. Who was appointed as its
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Commanding General? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔General Henry |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
"Hap" Arnold
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What document was created in August 1941, providing a
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blueprint for the strategic air campaign against the Axis? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Air War Planning Document 1. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The Casablanca Directive of January 1943 inaugurated the
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Combined Bomber Offensive, codenamed Operation PointBlank.
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What two bombing styles did it combine? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔American precision daylight bombing and British night area |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bombing.
By D-Day, 6 June 1944, the Allied Air Forces dominated the skies
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of Europe with new aircraft, tactics and ___ - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Superior numbers. |\
When did General Spaatz declare the end of the strategic air war
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against Germany, as all significant targets were considered
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destroyed? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔16 April 1945 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Who was one of the enlisted force's most decorated Airmen of
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WWII and was the only enlisted Airmen to have a B-17 named
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after him? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sgt Sandy Sanchez
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Name the TSgt who was liberated by the British army as a POW
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in Germany in 1945 and later became the first CMSAF in 1967. -
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,CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TSgt Paul Airey. (Also received the first
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Air Force POW medal in 1988.)
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The first Tuskegee Airmen to fight in WWII were members of the
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___ Squadron. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔99th Fighter Squadron
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Which Tuskegee Airman commanded the 99th Fighter Squadron
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and later became an Air Force general officer? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Col Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Who became a popular hero as a gunner in both Europe and the
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Pacific during WWII and was decorated eight times for heroism,
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including personal recognition by Generals MacArthur,
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Eisenhower and Doolittle? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cpl John D.|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Foley, nicknamed "Johnny Zero."
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US carrier-based aviation proved the value of air power at sea
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with Naval aviation playing a vital role in the Pacific War T/F -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True. |\ |\
At what battle on 4 June 1942 did US Navy pilots sink four
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Japanese carriers and turn the tide of war in the Pacific -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Battle of Midway. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Who assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in 1942 and
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maximized the resource-poor command's combat power? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Maj. Gen George C. Kenney. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, What air power capability did the 1st Air Commando Group
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demonstrate while helping British "Chindit" forces conduct long- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
range penetration missions against the Japanese? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔That airpower can support unconventional warfare
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any time, any place.
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How did Maj Gen Curtis E. LeMay alter the B-29 tactics when he
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assumed command of the XX Bomber Command crews in the
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Pacific? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He ordered low-altitude night
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attacks with bombers stripped of defensive machine guns,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
reduced fuel loads and increased bomb loads.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The Enola Gay, piloted by ___, dropped a uranium bomb (known
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as "Little Boy") over Hiroshima on 6 Aug 1945, destroying nearly
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five square miles of the city and killing 80,000 people. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Col Paul Tibbets |\ |\ |\ |\
Who commanded Bockscar, the WWII aircraft that dropped the
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atomic bomb on Nagasaki? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Maj Charles
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W. Sweeney
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What date did Stuart Symington, the first Secretary of the Air
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Force, officially establish the USAF as an independent, coequal
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service? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔18 September 1947
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Why did the newly established Air Force create an Airman Career
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Program? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To encourage long-term
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careers for enlisted specialists, as promotion and specialization
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went hand-in-hand with training.
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correct answers |\
WWII proved that ___ superiority was a required component for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the success of land,sea and air operations. - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Air
What is the name of Germany's Air Force, which emphasized
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
speed and concentration of forces to crush their enemies and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
spawned the term "Blitzkrieg" or "lightning war" - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔The Luftwaffe |\ |\
British Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding's Fighter Command had
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
been preparing for a German onslaught since 1937 and used Sir
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Robert Watson-Watt's ___ innovation to create an effective,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
integrated air defense system. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Radar
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The Enigma machine was Britain's top-secret advantage over the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Germans in WWII. What did it do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
machine deciphered codes providing information (known as
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ULTRA) that forewarned British intelligence of major attacks. It
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
also provided invaluable insight into the status of German
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
maintenance and logistics. |\ |\
In September 1940, Hitler abandoned his invasion of ___ -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Britain |\ |\
,To manage growing American air power, a major reorganization
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
created the US Army Air Forces. Who was appointed as its
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Commanding General? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔General Henry |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
"Hap" Arnold
|\ |\
What document was created in August 1941, providing a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
blueprint for the strategic air campaign against the Axis? -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Air War Planning Document 1. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The Casablanca Directive of January 1943 inaugurated the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Combined Bomber Offensive, codenamed Operation PointBlank.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
What two bombing styles did it combine? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔American precision daylight bombing and British night area |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bombing.
By D-Day, 6 June 1944, the Allied Air Forces dominated the skies
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of Europe with new aircraft, tactics and ___ - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Superior numbers. |\
When did General Spaatz declare the end of the strategic air war
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
against Germany, as all significant targets were considered
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
destroyed? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔16 April 1945 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Who was one of the enlisted force's most decorated Airmen of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WWII and was the only enlisted Airmen to have a B-17 named
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
after him? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sgt Sandy Sanchez
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Name the TSgt who was liberated by the British army as a POW
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in Germany in 1945 and later became the first CMSAF in 1967. -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TSgt Paul Airey. (Also received the first
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Air Force POW medal in 1988.)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The first Tuskegee Airmen to fight in WWII were members of the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
___ Squadron. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔99th Fighter Squadron
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Which Tuskegee Airman commanded the 99th Fighter Squadron
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and later became an Air Force general officer? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔Col Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Who became a popular hero as a gunner in both Europe and the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Pacific during WWII and was decorated eight times for heroism,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
including personal recognition by Generals MacArthur,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Eisenhower and Doolittle? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cpl John D.|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Foley, nicknamed "Johnny Zero."
|\ |\ |\
US carrier-based aviation proved the value of air power at sea
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
with Naval aviation playing a vital role in the Pacific War T/F -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True. |\ |\
At what battle on 4 June 1942 did US Navy pilots sink four
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Japanese carriers and turn the tide of war in the Pacific -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Battle of Midway. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Who assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in 1942 and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
maximized the resource-poor command's combat power? -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Maj. Gen George C. Kenney. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, What air power capability did the 1st Air Commando Group
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
demonstrate while helping British "Chindit" forces conduct long- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
range penetration missions against the Japanese? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔That airpower can support unconventional warfare
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
any time, any place.
|\ |\ |\
How did Maj Gen Curtis E. LeMay alter the B-29 tactics when he
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
assumed command of the XX Bomber Command crews in the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Pacific? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He ordered low-altitude night
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
attacks with bombers stripped of defensive machine guns,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
reduced fuel loads and increased bomb loads.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The Enola Gay, piloted by ___, dropped a uranium bomb (known
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as "Little Boy") over Hiroshima on 6 Aug 1945, destroying nearly
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
five square miles of the city and killing 80,000 people. -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Col Paul Tibbets |\ |\ |\ |\
Who commanded Bockscar, the WWII aircraft that dropped the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
atomic bomb on Nagasaki? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Maj Charles
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
W. Sweeney
|\
What date did Stuart Symington, the first Secretary of the Air
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Force, officially establish the USAF as an independent, coequal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
service? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔18 September 1947
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Why did the newly established Air Force create an Airman Career
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Program? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To encourage long-term
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
careers for enlisted specialists, as promotion and specialization
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
went hand-in-hand with training.
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