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General Henry "Hap" Arnold - ANS-First Commanding General of the Army Air Force?
Air War Planning Document - ANS-Doctrinal 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 - ANS-Combined American precision daylight bombing and British
night area bombing. Formed by the Casablanca Directive of January 1943.
General Spaatz and the Mighty Eighth - ANS-Conducted the first American Operational
bombing mission on 17 August 1942 in Rouen, France.
Black Thursday - ANS-Bombing of Schweinfurt ball bearing Factories that resulted in
the lost of 60 Bombers on 14 October 1943. Ended unescorted bombing campaign
Carpetbaggers - ANS-5th Bombardment Wing, Twelfth Air Force group saved hundreds
of downed aircrews trapped behind enemy lines
Operation Argument - ANS-operation of winning air superiority by destroying German
aircraft manufacturing plants
Combined Bomber Offensive - ANS-Longest and bloodiest air campaign in history
Sergeant Sandy Sanchez - ANS-Flew 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 - ANS-First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. First recipient of The Air
Force POW medal
99th Fighter Squadron - ANS-First Members of the Tuskegee Airmen
Lieutenant Col. James Doolittle - ANS-Led 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 - ANS-Shot down several Japanese enemy aircraft
The Battle of Coral Sea - ANS-The first naval battle fought entirely by Air
The Battle of Midway - ANS-U.S Navy pilots sank four Japanese Carriers and turn tide
of the war in the Pacific
, Major General George C. Kenney - ANS-assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in
July 1942
William H. Turner - ANS-Planned 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 - ANS-1st 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 - ANS-General Arnold Air operation against Japan
Post wartime strength - ANS-dwindled from 79,000 aircraft and 2.4 million people to
24,000 aircraft and 304,000
The National Security Act of 1947 - ANS-Established a separate and independent
Department of the Air Force
Stuart Symington - ANS-The first Secretary of the Air Force
General Carl A. Spaatz - ANS-The first Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Air Force Rank Change of 1952 - ANS-Removed Army rank system and replaced it with
Airman Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class
The Berlin Crisis - ANS-Awakened Americans to the Impact of the Cold War between
the U.S and the Soviet Union.
Berlin Airlift- Maintenance - ANS-Critical to the success of the airlift
Lockheed P-80 - ANS-The Air Force first operational jet Fighter
Charles "Chuck" Yeager - ANS-First man to break the sound Barrier
The Teapot Committee - ANS-Convened by Trevor Gardner to examine the field of
long-range missile.
Staff Sergeant Scott Sather - ANS-a U.S combat Controller who was the first Air Force
member killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation New Dawn - ANS-Formal end to U.S military combat operations
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 - ANS-Authorized Operation Odyssey
Dawn which was organized to protect Libyan citizens from Libyan Leader Moammar
Gadhafi regimes
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