Security Forces History – Study Guide and Practice Questions
Review Material
(1940s) Gen Henry Hap Arnold 1943 - ANS ✔✔Established office of the Air Provost Marshal
(cops fell under this)
Army Air Force Military Police Companies combined
Named AAF Base Security Battalions
First major milestone of career field
National Security Act of 1947 - ANS ✔✔Authorized creation of the US AF
Took over personnel, aircraft, and mission of the army Air Force including MP (eventually
became Sec. FO.)
General Order No. 1 - ANS ✔✔January 1948
HQ USAF designated units and individuals serving under them as "Air Police"
Established Air Provost Marshal
(1950s) Koren war - ANS ✔✔Forces were ill prepared = Taught them to focus on training
Air Police were only armed force on base
Needed to develop more extensive base defense capability
Milestones-1950s - ANS ✔✔Emphasis on nuclear retaliation
Rise to combat ready mindset- "first in" "fit to fight"
Sep 1920: 1st Air Police School (Tyndall AFB, FL)
1952: Air Base Defense School (Parks AFB, CA)
OCT 1956: Air Police Training trans. Lackland AFB, TX
Review Material
(1940s) Gen Henry Hap Arnold 1943 - ANS ✔✔Established office of the Air Provost Marshal
(cops fell under this)
Army Air Force Military Police Companies combined
Named AAF Base Security Battalions
First major milestone of career field
National Security Act of 1947 - ANS ✔✔Authorized creation of the US AF
Took over personnel, aircraft, and mission of the army Air Force including MP (eventually
became Sec. FO.)
General Order No. 1 - ANS ✔✔January 1948
HQ USAF designated units and individuals serving under them as "Air Police"
Established Air Provost Marshal
(1950s) Koren war - ANS ✔✔Forces were ill prepared = Taught them to focus on training
Air Police were only armed force on base
Needed to develop more extensive base defense capability
Milestones-1950s - ANS ✔✔Emphasis on nuclear retaliation
Rise to combat ready mindset- "first in" "fit to fight"
Sep 1920: 1st Air Police School (Tyndall AFB, FL)
1952: Air Base Defense School (Parks AFB, CA)
OCT 1956: Air Police Training trans. Lackland AFB, TX
