TSgT PDG QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

General Henry "Hap" Arnold - ANSWERSFirst Commanding General of the Army Air Force? Air War Planning Document - ANSWERSDoctrinal blueprint provided the conceptual framework for the American air effort in World War 2. Reflected 1930s Air Corp Tactical School doctrine of using massive force to destroy the enemy's will and capability to fight through long-range strategic bombardment Operation PointBlank - ANSWERSCombined American precision daylight bombing and British night area bombing. Formed by the Casablanca Directive of January 1943. General Spaatz and the Mighty Eighth - ANSWERSConducted the first American Operational bombing mission on 17 August 1942 in Rouen, France. Black Thursday - ANSWERSBombing of Schweinfurt ball bearing Factories that resulted in the lost of 60 Bombers on 14 October 1943. Ended unescorted bombing campaign Carpetbaggers - ANSWERS5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force group saved hundreds of downed aircrews trapped behind enemy lines Operation Argument - ANSWERSoperation of winning air superiority by destroying German aircraft manufacturing plants Combined Bomber Offensive - ANSWERSLongest and bloodiest air campaign in history Sergeant Sandy Sanchez - ANSWERSFlew 44 missions (19 more than required) as a gunner with the 95th Bomb Group. Died during on last Nazi oil refinery on 15 March 1945. Only enlisted men with B17 named for him. Paul Airey - ANSWERSFirst Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. First recipient of The Air Force POW medal 99th Fighter Squadron - ANSWERSFirst Members of the Tuskegee Airmen Lieutenant Col. James Doolittle - ANSWERSLed 16 bombers on a raid against Tokyo, Kobe, and Nagoya.. Caused little damage but shocked the Japanese and cheered the American public. Received the Medal of Honor and promotion to brigadier general. Corporal John D. Foley - ANSWERSShot down several Japanese enemy aircraft The Battle of Coral Sea - ANSWERSThe first naval battle fought entirely by Air The Battle of Midway - ANSWERSU.S Navy pilots sank four Japanese Carriers and turn tide of the war in the Pacific Major General George C. Kenney - ANSWERSassumed command of the Fifth Air Force in July 1942 William H. Turner - ANSWERSPlanned and Supervised the ferringf of 650,000 tons of supplies across the Himalayas to Chinese and American forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. Thursday - ANSWERS1st Air Commando Group provided assistance to British Chindit forces conducting long range penetration missions against the Japanese. Also conducted the first helicopter combat rescue. Operation Matterhorn - ANSWERSGeneral Arnold Air operation against Japan Post wartime strength - ANSWERSdwindled from 79,000 aircraft and 2.4 million people to 24,000 aircraft and 304,000 The National Security Act of 1947 - ANSWERSEstablished a separate and independent Department of the Air Force Stuart Symington - ANSWERSThe first Secretary of the Air Force General Carl A. Spaatz - ANSWERSThe first Chief of Staff of the Air Force Air Force Rank Change of 1952 - ANSWERSRemoved Army rank system and replaced it with Airman Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class The Berlin Crisis - ANSWERSAwakened Americans to the Impact of the Cold War between the U.S and the Soviet Union. Berlin Airlift- Maintenance - ANSWERSCritical to the success of the airlift Lockheed P-80 - ANSWERSThe Air Force first operational jet Fighter Charles "Chuck" Yeager - ANSWERSFirst man to break the sound Barrier The Teapot Committee - ANSWERSConvened by Trevor Gardner to examine the field of long-range missile.