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Test for Staff SergeantIn 1941, FDR directed the Army Air Corps to accept black Americans into aviation cadet
training ; the Air Corps segregated the aviators into all-black squadrons. What are these
squadrons forever known as? - ANS-Tuskegee Airmen
By the end of WWII, nearly 600 black Americans had earned their wings as Army flyers.
T/F - ANS-False ; Nearly 1000 earned their wings
The first Tuskegee Airmen to fight in WWII were members of the _______ Squadron. -
ANS-99th Fighter Squadron
Which Tuskegee Airman commanded the 99th Fighter Squadron and later became an
Air Force general officer? - ANS-Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
The 332nd Fighter Group amassed a distinguished combat record, fying
_______________ escort missions into Germany. - ANS-200
How did the Tuskegee Airmen strike a significant blow against racism in America? -
ANS-By showing their skills, courage and determination. These actions led to USAF to
be the first racially integrated armed service.
In early 1941 former Air Corps Tactical School instructor Claire Lee Chennault
organized the American volunteer group to aid Nationalist China against Japanese
invaders. What was this group known as? - ANS-The Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers amassed an impressive _____________ confirmed victories, losing
only 12 pilots, before being disbanded in July 1942 - ANS-286
How many B-52 Mitchell medium bombers launched from the carrier USS Hornet on 18
April 1942, in support of a bombing raid on Japan led by Lt. Col. James "Jimmy"
Doolittle? - ANS-16
Who became a popular hero as a gunner in both Europe and the Pacific during WWII
and was decorated eight times for heroism, including personal recognition by Generals
Macarthur, Eisenhower, and Doolittle? - ANS-Corporal John D. Foley, nicknamed
"Johnny Zero"
, US carrier-based aviation proved the value of airpower at sea with Naval aviation
playing a vital role in the Pacific War. T/F - ANS-True.
At what battle on 4 June 1942 did US Navy pilots sink four Japanese carriers and turn
the tide of the war in the Pacific? - ANS-The Battle of Midway
The Fifth Air Force, the primary US Army Air Forces contribution to the Pacific
counterattack , had a steady supply chain of resources. T/F - ANS-False. (Due to the
"Europe First" strategy and the 10000 mile supply chain, the Fifth Air Force struggled to
overcome poor resources.)
Who assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in 1942 and maximized the
resource-poor command's combat power? - ANS-Maj. Gen. George C. Kenney
Enterprise architect William H. Tunner's ingenuity helped Air Transport Command crews
cross the perilous Himalayas, considered on of the most hazardous military air
operations of WWII, to deliver ________ tons of supplies to Chinese and American
forces - ANS-650,000 tons.
What airpower capability did the 1st Air Commando Group demonstrate while helping
British "Chindit" forces conduct long-range penetration missions against the Japanese?
- ANS-That airpower can support unconventional warfare anytime, any place.
The 332nd Fighter Group conducted the first helicopter combat rescue. T/F -
ANS-False. (The 1st Air Commando Group conducted the first helicopter combat
rescue.)
During WWII, the US Army Air Forces ordered 1664 Boeing __________s to carry out
strategic bombing of Japanese force before the prototype had even flown. -
ANS-Boeing XB-29. (The Boeing XB-29 boasted unprecedented size and capability,
and included a pressurized crew compartment, remotely controlled guns and new
radical engines.)
How did Major General Curtis E. Lemay alter B-29 tactics when he assumed command
of the XX bomber crews in the Pacific? - ANS-He ordered low-altitude night attacks with
bombers stripped of defensive machine guns, reduced fuel loads, and increased bomb
loads.
From March to August 1945, Major General Curtis E. Lemay's firebomb raids destroyed
___________ Japanese cities, burned 178 square miles of urban landscape and
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