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2024 WAPS (SSgt - TSgt) Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers When did Islamic extremist Al Qaeda terrorists attack by hijacking four airliners flying in the United States airspace? - answerSeptember 11, 2001 Terrorism struck home September 11, 2001 in a planned attack by Islamic extremists. How many airliners did Al Qaeda terrorists hijack? - answerFour How many people were injured and killed when Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners? - answer6,000 people injured 2,996 people killed (Including the 19 hijackers) On September 11 2001, how many Al Qaeda terrorists were involved in the hijacking of four airlines flying in the United States airspace? - answer19 On September 11 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners flying in the United States airspace. What happened to these four airliners? - answer2 aircraft were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center 1 aircraft was flown into the Pentagon 1 aircraft landed in a remote field in Pennsylvania In response to the terrorist attacks on U.S soil, which president declared a global war on terrorism? - answerPresident George W. Bush Which two airlines crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001? - answerAmerican Airlines flight 11 crashed at 0846 into the World Trade Center, North Tower United Airlines flight 175 crashed at 0903 into the World Trade Center, South Tower What airline crashed into the Pentagon, just outside Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001? - answerAmerican Airlines flight 77 crashed at 0937 Which airline crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001? - answerUnited Airlines flight 93 crashed at 1003 Which operation was the response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on U.S soil, during which thousands of National Guard and Reserve personnel were mobilized to protect military and civilian assets, including airports, military installations, infrastructure and U.S Air Force fighter, tanker and surveillance air assets provided 24-hour intercept response coverage for virtually the entire country? - answerOperation Noble Eagle Which command, with more than 100 Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Regular Air Force fighters from 26 locations, continued to monitor American airspace after the 9/11 terrorist attacks? - answerNorth American Aerospace Defense Command Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, who did the United States report was behind the worst terrorist attack in world history? - answerOsama Bin Laden What demands did President Bush give to the Taliban, Afghanistan's ruling government after the 9/11 attacks? - answer- Deliver all leaders of Al Qaeda to the U.S Government - Release all imprisoned foreign nationals - Immediately close all terrorist training camps - Hand over all terrorists and supporters to authorities - Allow inspectors full access to terrorist training camps Following the 9/11 attack, which operation took the fight against terrorism to foreign soil, most notably to locate where terrorist organizations existed in Afghanistan? - answerOperation Enduring Freedom Which operation was focused on forming and acting with an international coalition to remove Afghanistan's Taliban government? - answerOperation Enduring Freedom Approximately how many aircraft did the United States send to Afhganistan? - answer350 Which bombers, fighters and unmanned aerial vehicles deployed to bases throughout the Afghanistan country? - answerB-1 and B-52 bombers F-15 and F-16 fighters RQ-1B and RQ-4A UAVs On October 7, 2001, following continued Taliban refusal to hand over suspected terrorists, which countries' aircraft began a sustained air campaign against terrorist targets Afghanistan? - answerUnited States British French Operation Enduring Freedom strikes began with Air Force bombers, Navy carrier-strike aircraft and sea launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. Who directed attacks to engagement zones for the Air Force B-52 bombers? - answerGround-based forces What enabled air planners to reduce, with great accuracy, the number of air sorties required to destroy particular objectives in Operation Enduring Freedom? - answerGuided munitions In the opening days of the campaign, which targets did joint and combined efforts destroy? - answerTaliban air defenses, command centers and other fixed targets Combat operations in Afghanistan began with small groups of elite American military forces. Who were they deployed to support? - answerAnti-Taliban Afghani fighters What challenges did coalition forces during Operation Enduring Freedom face throughout Afghanistan? - answerAfghanistan's rugged terrain, complex political relationships and distance from operating bases Air Force combat controllers were among the 300 Army, Navy and Air Force special operations personnel, that augmented whom? - answerThe Afghan Northern Alliance When did coalition forces take control of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital? - answerNovember 2001 What was the last major town under Taliban control? In December 2001, it was abandoned as the Taliban resistance began to collapse. - answerKandahar Terrorist forces were run underground but not eliminated during Operation Enduring Freedom. What did this cause? - answerOngoing, extended counterinsurgency operations In addition to combat operations, Operation Enduring Freedom served as a humanitarian mission. How did service members provide humanitarian relief to the oppressed Afghan people? - answerDropping 2.5 million rations Why, in January 2002, were 1,200 members of U.S Special Operations Command, Pacific deployed to the Philippines? - answerTo assist the armed forces of the Philippines in uprooting Al Qaeda and the other terrorist gro