SSGT EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger, for his extraordinary heroism and superb leadership that
saved the lives of his Airmen when North Vietnamese forces overran their radar site on 11
March 1968.
Who was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross and became the first E-9 to receive the
Medal of Honor?
Only one, the 1st Aero Squadron
How many squadrons were fully equipped, manned and organized when the US declared war on
Germany on 6 April 1917?
Supply, construction, photo reconnaissance, radio, mechanics, armament specialists,
welders, riggers, sail makers, etc. (Mechanics were needed most.)
Traditionally, commissioned officers served as pilots before WWI. What types of auxiliary
capacities did trained enlisted personnel fill?
False.
General HQ (GHQ) Air Force waited until WWII began before starting a massive expansion
program. T/F
Private schools.
Even though training centers expanded and multiplied from 1939 to 1941, what helped meet the
demand for training?
Bock's Car.
Three days after Hiroshima, ___ dropped the second nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
Because of ideological differences between capitalist democracies and communism.
The Soviet Union fought against Hitler with the Western allies. Why didn't this alliance survive
after the war?
,British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, and the US
President Franklin Roosevelt.
Who were the Big Three who met in 1945 to discuss the postwar division of Europe?
The UN.
What did the meeting of the Big Three in 1945 lay the foundation for?
The Berlin Airlift.
What was Air power's most decisive contribution to the Cold War?
Major General William Tunner. (He also led the Hump airlift over the Himalayan
mountains to supply China during WWII.
Who led the 15-month Berlin Airlift, bringing in more than 2.33 million tons of supplies on
277,569 flights?
Maintenance.
Of all the enlisted functions, which was perhaps most critical to the success of the Berlin Airlift?
NATO
The soviets capitulated and dismantled the surface blockade of Berlin without a bomb being
dropped. What did this victory lay the foundation for?
With a surprise invasion of South Korea by North Korea on 25 June 1950.
How did the Korean War begin?
In Japan. (But they didn't have the range to intercede in Korea from Japan.
By 1950, where was most US ground and air strength located in the Pacific?
SSgt Nyle S. Mickley
Name the NCO who shot down a North Korean yaK-3 the first such victory recorded during the
war.
US forces landed in South Korea and pursued the beaten army north of the 38th parallel.
, What turned a stalled North Korean offensive into a disorganized retreat back to the north in
September 1950?
Interdiction, battlefield support, and air superiority (counter-airfield)
Give three examples of missions performed by B-29s that hang been considered before the
Korean War.
MiG-15 (the first of 27 MiGs shot down by B-29 gunners during the Korean War.)
On 9 November 1950, Cpl Harry LaVene (a gunner) scored the first B-29 victory over a jet by
downing a ___
Sgt Billie Beach.
Name the NCO who shot down two MiGs on 12 April 1951, a fear unmatched by any other
gunner.
A Cold War operation to contain communism.
In the 1950s, US involvement in Vietnam began as what kind of operation?
President Harry S. Truman in 1950.
What US president first authorized American intervention in Vietnam?
Rolling Thunder from 1965 to 1968. (The earlier operation Flaming Dart was a series of
strikes.
What was the first sustained bombing campaign of the war against North Vietnam?
SSgt William Piazza
Name the SSgt of the 3rd Security Police Squadron who earned a Silver Star for heroics while
helping defend Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive in
1968.
"Advisory."
American presidents wanted the Vietnam conflict to be fought and resolved by the Vietnamese
with the US in a(n) "___" role only.
CORRECT ANSWERS
CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger, for his extraordinary heroism and superb leadership that
saved the lives of his Airmen when North Vietnamese forces overran their radar site on 11
March 1968.
Who was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross and became the first E-9 to receive the
Medal of Honor?
Only one, the 1st Aero Squadron
How many squadrons were fully equipped, manned and organized when the US declared war on
Germany on 6 April 1917?
Supply, construction, photo reconnaissance, radio, mechanics, armament specialists,
welders, riggers, sail makers, etc. (Mechanics were needed most.)
Traditionally, commissioned officers served as pilots before WWI. What types of auxiliary
capacities did trained enlisted personnel fill?
False.
General HQ (GHQ) Air Force waited until WWII began before starting a massive expansion
program. T/F
Private schools.
Even though training centers expanded and multiplied from 1939 to 1941, what helped meet the
demand for training?
Bock's Car.
Three days after Hiroshima, ___ dropped the second nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
Because of ideological differences between capitalist democracies and communism.
The Soviet Union fought against Hitler with the Western allies. Why didn't this alliance survive
after the war?
,British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, and the US
President Franklin Roosevelt.
Who were the Big Three who met in 1945 to discuss the postwar division of Europe?
The UN.
What did the meeting of the Big Three in 1945 lay the foundation for?
The Berlin Airlift.
What was Air power's most decisive contribution to the Cold War?
Major General William Tunner. (He also led the Hump airlift over the Himalayan
mountains to supply China during WWII.
Who led the 15-month Berlin Airlift, bringing in more than 2.33 million tons of supplies on
277,569 flights?
Maintenance.
Of all the enlisted functions, which was perhaps most critical to the success of the Berlin Airlift?
NATO
The soviets capitulated and dismantled the surface blockade of Berlin without a bomb being
dropped. What did this victory lay the foundation for?
With a surprise invasion of South Korea by North Korea on 25 June 1950.
How did the Korean War begin?
In Japan. (But they didn't have the range to intercede in Korea from Japan.
By 1950, where was most US ground and air strength located in the Pacific?
SSgt Nyle S. Mickley
Name the NCO who shot down a North Korean yaK-3 the first such victory recorded during the
war.
US forces landed in South Korea and pursued the beaten army north of the 38th parallel.
, What turned a stalled North Korean offensive into a disorganized retreat back to the north in
September 1950?
Interdiction, battlefield support, and air superiority (counter-airfield)
Give three examples of missions performed by B-29s that hang been considered before the
Korean War.
MiG-15 (the first of 27 MiGs shot down by B-29 gunners during the Korean War.)
On 9 November 1950, Cpl Harry LaVene (a gunner) scored the first B-29 victory over a jet by
downing a ___
Sgt Billie Beach.
Name the NCO who shot down two MiGs on 12 April 1951, a fear unmatched by any other
gunner.
A Cold War operation to contain communism.
In the 1950s, US involvement in Vietnam began as what kind of operation?
President Harry S. Truman in 1950.
What US president first authorized American intervention in Vietnam?
Rolling Thunder from 1965 to 1968. (The earlier operation Flaming Dart was a series of
strikes.
What was the first sustained bombing campaign of the war against North Vietnam?
SSgt William Piazza
Name the SSgt of the 3rd Security Police Squadron who earned a Silver Star for heroics while
helping defend Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive in
1968.
"Advisory."
American presidents wanted the Vietnam conflict to be fought and resolved by the Vietnamese
with the US in a(n) "___" role only.
