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Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane flight in 1903? - Answer
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasoline engine and
revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the aircraft successfully fly four manned
missions? - Answer 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC
Who is considered the "father" of flying? - Answer Orville Wright
He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US Army. - Answer
Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912. - Answer William
"Billy" Mitchell
He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded most US air combat
units* during much of *1918*. - Answer Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing trails* in 1921. -
Answer Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German battleship
*Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership. - Answer Colonel William "Billy"
Mitchell
What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-martial ordered by President Coolidge? -
Answer outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality of the Air
Service, and criticism of superiors
,He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the field. - Answer
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in the acceptance tests of
the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a Wright flyer designated Signal Corps No. 1,
in 1908 and 1909. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
*He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero Squadron*, in
1915. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He *commanded the 1st Aero Squadron* during the *Mexican Punitive Expedition from 1916-1917*
(the first deployment of a US Army air unit to the field). - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny"
Foulois
He played a major role in *planning* and implementing the *$640 million aviation program* started
after the US entered WWI. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fuolois
He was promoted to brigadier general and named *Chief of the Air Service for the American
Expeditionary Force in 1917*, but was replaced by *General Patrick* six months later. - Answer Major
General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He became Assistant Chief of the Air Service in 1927 and was promoted to major general and named
Chief of the Air Corps 1931. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
In 1934, whose reputation was damaged when he agreed that the Air Corps could fly the US mail and
they later proved to be ill-equipped. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He commanded the US Army Air Forces during WWII and is generally recognized as the father of the
modern USAF. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
Under his direction, the US Army Air Forces expanded from 22,000 members and 3,900 aircraft to nearly
2.5 million members and 75,000 aircraft. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
,His career would then go on to parallel the early development of the US military aviation, spending most
of WWI as the highest-ranking flying officer in Washington, D.C. and winning two Mackay Trophies for
making the most meritorious military flights in 1912 and 1934. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry
H. "Hap" Arnold
Congress appointed him the first and only five-star General of the Air Force in 1949. He was a five-star
General of the Army in 1944. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
He was the first Chief of Staff of the USAF and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1947. -
Answer General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
He served in France during WWI and commanded the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe and was tasked
with softening up Hitler's Fortress Europe during WWII. - Answer General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
He oversaw the final strategic bombing campaign against Japan (including the 1945 atomic attacks
against Hiroshima and Nagasaki) - Answer General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
He was the founding father of the modern Air Force and commander of the first combat Air Force. -
Answer Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews assumed command of the newly created General Headquarters
Air Force in - Answer 1935
In 1939, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, was named what? - Answer The Army Assistant Chief of
Staff for Operations and Training
He was named Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command in 1941, assumed command of US
Forces in the Middle East when America entered WWII and was promoted to lieutenant general. -
Answer Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
He accepted command of US Forces in the European Theater in 1943 and he was one of the most
promising Army Air Forces generals until his career ended prematurely when he died in an aircraft near
Iceland in 1943. - Answer Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
, In 1949, Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was named in his honor - Answer Lieutenant General Frank
M. Andrews
He was a daring and innovative aviator who participated in the Pan-American Goodwill tour of 1926 and
1927. - Answer General IRA C. Eaker
He flew in the first extended aerial refueling experiment and served in the office of the Chief of the Air
Corps during the 1930s. - Answer General IRA C. Eaker
He accepted command of the 29th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, CA in 1940 and took command of
the VIII Bomber Command and was promoted to brigadier general in 1942. - Answer General IRA C.
Eaker
General IRA C. Eaker served as commander of which forces after promotion to lieutenant general in
1943. - Answer Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
He was Deputy Commander, US Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff after WWII until his retirement
in 1947. - Answer General IRA C. Eaker
General IRA C. Eaker was promoted to a four-star general by President Reagan in - Answer 1985
Who convinced Prime Minister Winston Churchill and directed the daylight strategic bombardment
campaigns against the German military and industrial base of Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany? -
Answer General IRA C. Eaker
He was a pioneer logistician who coordinated the rapid expansion of American's air arsenal during WWII
and as Chief, Army Air Forces Material Division, he lead the most massive aircraft procurement in
history. - Answer Major General Oliver P. Echols
She successfully combined two careers as an airline flight attendant and Air Force flight nurse. - Answer
Captain Lillian K. Keil
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Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane flight in 1903? - Answer
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasoline engine and
revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the aircraft successfully fly four manned
missions? - Answer 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC
Who is considered the "father" of flying? - Answer Orville Wright
He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US Army. - Answer
Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912. - Answer William
"Billy" Mitchell
He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded most US air combat
units* during much of *1918*. - Answer Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing trails* in 1921. -
Answer Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell
The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German battleship
*Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership. - Answer Colonel William "Billy"
Mitchell
What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-martial ordered by President Coolidge? -
Answer outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality of the Air
Service, and criticism of superiors
,He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the field. - Answer
Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in the acceptance tests of
the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a Wright flyer designated Signal Corps No. 1,
in 1908 and 1909. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
*He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero Squadron*, in
1915. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He *commanded the 1st Aero Squadron* during the *Mexican Punitive Expedition from 1916-1917*
(the first deployment of a US Army air unit to the field). - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny"
Foulois
He played a major role in *planning* and implementing the *$640 million aviation program* started
after the US entered WWI. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Fuolois
He was promoted to brigadier general and named *Chief of the Air Service for the American
Expeditionary Force in 1917*, but was replaced by *General Patrick* six months later. - Answer Major
General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He became Assistant Chief of the Air Service in 1927 and was promoted to major general and named
Chief of the Air Corps 1931. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
In 1934, whose reputation was damaged when he agreed that the Air Corps could fly the US mail and
they later proved to be ill-equipped. - Answer Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois
He commanded the US Army Air Forces during WWII and is generally recognized as the father of the
modern USAF. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
Under his direction, the US Army Air Forces expanded from 22,000 members and 3,900 aircraft to nearly
2.5 million members and 75,000 aircraft. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
,His career would then go on to parallel the early development of the US military aviation, spending most
of WWI as the highest-ranking flying officer in Washington, D.C. and winning two Mackay Trophies for
making the most meritorious military flights in 1912 and 1934. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry
H. "Hap" Arnold
Congress appointed him the first and only five-star General of the Air Force in 1949. He was a five-star
General of the Army in 1944. - Answer General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
He was the first Chief of Staff of the USAF and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1947. -
Answer General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
He served in France during WWI and commanded the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe and was tasked
with softening up Hitler's Fortress Europe during WWII. - Answer General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
He oversaw the final strategic bombing campaign against Japan (including the 1945 atomic attacks
against Hiroshima and Nagasaki) - Answer General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz
He was the founding father of the modern Air Force and commander of the first combat Air Force. -
Answer Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews assumed command of the newly created General Headquarters
Air Force in - Answer 1935
In 1939, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, was named what? - Answer The Army Assistant Chief of
Staff for Operations and Training
He was named Commanding General, Caribbean Defense Command in 1941, assumed command of US
Forces in the Middle East when America entered WWII and was promoted to lieutenant general. -
Answer Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
He accepted command of US Forces in the European Theater in 1943 and he was one of the most
promising Army Air Forces generals until his career ended prematurely when he died in an aircraft near
Iceland in 1943. - Answer Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews
, In 1949, Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was named in his honor - Answer Lieutenant General Frank
M. Andrews
He was a daring and innovative aviator who participated in the Pan-American Goodwill tour of 1926 and
1927. - Answer General IRA C. Eaker
He flew in the first extended aerial refueling experiment and served in the office of the Chief of the Air
Corps during the 1930s. - Answer General IRA C. Eaker
He accepted command of the 29th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, CA in 1940 and took command of
the VIII Bomber Command and was promoted to brigadier general in 1942. - Answer General IRA C.
Eaker
General IRA C. Eaker served as commander of which forces after promotion to lieutenant general in
1943. - Answer Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
He was Deputy Commander, US Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff after WWII until his retirement
in 1947. - Answer General IRA C. Eaker
General IRA C. Eaker was promoted to a four-star general by President Reagan in - Answer 1985
Who convinced Prime Minister Winston Churchill and directed the daylight strategic bombardment
campaigns against the German military and industrial base of Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany? -
Answer General IRA C. Eaker
He was a pioneer logistician who coordinated the rapid expansion of American's air arsenal during WWII
and as Chief, Army Air Forces Material Division, he lead the most massive aircraft procurement in
history. - Answer Major General Oliver P. Echols
She successfully combined two careers as an airline flight attendant and Air Force flight nurse. - Answer
Captain Lillian K. Keil
