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WAPS –SSGT EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-
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air airplane flight in 1903? - ANSWERS-The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasoline en
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gine and revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the aircraft succ
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essfully fly four manned missions? - ANSWERS-17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC
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Who is considered the "father" of flying? - ANSWERS-Orville Wright
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He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US Army.
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- ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912. -
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ANSWERS-William "Billy" Mitchell
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He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded most US
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air combat units* during much of *1918*. - ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing trails
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* in 1921. - ANSWERS-Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
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The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German battlesh
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ip *Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership. - ANSWERS-
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Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell ri ri ri




What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-
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martial ordered by President Coolidge? - ANSWERS-
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outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality of th
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e Air Service, and criticism of superiors
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He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the field.
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- ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in the ac
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ceptance tests of the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a Wright flyer
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designated Signal Corps No. 1, in 1908 and 1909. - ANSWERS-
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*He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero Squ
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adron*, in 1915. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He *commanded the 1st Aero Squadron* during the *Mexican Punitive Expedition from
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1916-1917* (the first deployment of a US Army air unit to the field). - ANSWERS- ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri


Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois ri ri ri ri ri

,He played a major role in *planning* and implementing the *$640 million aviation progra
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m* started after the US entered WWI. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fuoloisri ri ri ri ri




He was promoted to brigadier general and named *Chief of the Air Service for the Ameri
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can Expeditionary Force in 1917*, but was replaced by *General Patrick* six months lat
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er. - ANSWERS-Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
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He became Assistant Chief of the Air Service in 1927 and was promoted to major gener
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al and named Chief of the Air Corps 1931. - ANSWERS-
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In 1934, whose reputation was damaged when he agreed that the Air Corps could fly th
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e US mail and they later proved to be ill-equipped. - ANSWERS-
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Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fouloisri ri ri ri ri




He commanded the US Army Air Forces during WWII and is generally recognized as th
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e father of the modern USAF. - ANSWERS-
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General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri




Under his direction, the US Army Air Forces expanded from 22,000 members and 3,90
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0 aircraft to nearly 2.5 million members and 75,000 aircraft. - ANSWERS-
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His career would then go on to parallel the early development of the US military aviation
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, spending most of WWI as the highest-
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ranking flying officer in Washington, D.C. and winning two Mackay Trophies for making
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the most meritorious military flights in 1912 and 1934. - ANSWERS-
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star General of the Air Force in 1949. He was a five-star General of the Army in 1944. -
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ANSWERS-General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
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He was the first Chief of Staff of the USAF and was appointed by President Harry S. Tru
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man in 1947. - ANSWERS-General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
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He served in France during WWI and commanded the US Strategic Air Forces in Europ
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e and was tasked with softening up Hitler's Fortress Europe during WWII. - ANSWERS-
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He oversaw the final strategic bombing campaign against Japan (including the 1945 at
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omic attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki) - ANSWERS-
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He was the founding father of the modern Air Force and commander of the first combat
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Air Force. - ANSWERS-Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
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al Headquarters Air Force in - ANSWERS-1935
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In 1939, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, was named what? - ANSWERS-
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The Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training
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He was named Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command in 1941, assume
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d command of US Forces in the Middle East when America entered WWII and was pro
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moted to lieutenant general. - ANSWERS-Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
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He accepted command of US Forces in the European Theater in 1943 and he was one
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of the most promising Army Air Forces generals until his career ended prematurely whe
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n he died in an aircraft near Iceland in 1943. - ANSWERS-
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Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews ri ri ri ri




In 1949, Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was named in his honor - ANSWERS-
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He was a daring and innovative aviator who participated in the Pan-
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American Goodwill tour of 1926 and 1927. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri




He flew in the first extended aerial refueling experiment and served in the office of the C
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hief of the Air Corps during the 1930s. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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He accepted command of the 29th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, CA in 1940 and too
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k command of the VIII Bomber Command and was promoted to brigadier general in 194
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2. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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General IRA C. Eaker served as commander of which forces after promotion to lieutena
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nt general in 1943. - ANSWERS-Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
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He was Deputy Commander, US Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff after WWII u
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ntil his retirement in 1947. - ANSWERS-General IRA C. Eaker
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General IRA C. Eaker was promoted to a four-star general by President Reagan in -
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ANSWERS-1985
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Who convinced Prime Minister Winston Churchill and directed the daylight strategic bo
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He was a pioneer logistician who coordinated the rapid expansion of American's air ars
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enal during WWII and as Chief, Army Air Forces Material Division, he lead the most ma
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ssive aircraft procurement in history. - ANSWERS-Major General Oliver P. Echols
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She successfully combined two careers as an airline flight attendant and Air Force flight
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nurse. - ANSWERS-Captain Lillian K. Keil
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How many evacuations flights did Captain Lillian K. Keil make during WWII and how ma
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ny of those flights were transatlantic? - ANSWERS-250 evacuation flights
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