Post-WWII Security
The invention that made U.S. leaders feel secure after WWII.
What is the atomic bomb?
The Air Force command responsible for atomic weapons.
What is SAC (Strategic Air Command)?
The U.S. plan to prevent the spread of communism.
What is containment?
The Air Force's first swept-wing multi-jet bomber.
What is the B-47 Stratojet?
The Soviet-produced jet fighter used in the Korean War.
What is the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15?
The military program created by the Army and Navy for future wars.
What is the Reserve?
The Air Force command responsible for tactical air operations.
What is TAC (Tactical Air Command)?
The country that controlled East Germany after WWII.
Who are the Soviets?
The test pilot who broke the sound barrier.
Who is Brigadier General Charles Yeager?
The U.S. operation to bomb North Vietnamese targets during the Vietnam War.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
The president who signed the National Security Act into law.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The Air Force command responsible for defending the U.S. from air strikes.
What is ADC (Air Defense Command)?
The reason the Soviets blockaded Berlin.
What is to force the U.S. to surrender Berlin?
The first U.S. aircraft equipped with an escape capsule.
What is the Bell X-2?
The event where the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong surprised U.S. forces.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The department created by the National Security Act of 1947.
What is the Department of the Air Force?
The first U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff.
Who is General Carl Spaatz?
The nickname for C-47 cargo planes used in the Berlin Airlift.
What are Gooney Birds?
The aircraft known for its straight, stubby wings.
What is the F-104 Starfighter?
The operation to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
What is Operation Inherent Resolve?
The first Secretary of the Air Force.
Who is Stuart Symington?
The first Air Force headquarters city after NATO formed.
What is Paris?
The organization formed because of the Berlin blockade.
What is NATO?
The aircraft made mostly from titanium for high-speed flight.
What is the SR-71 Blackbird?
The war operation that evacuated U.S. citizens via helicopter from South Vietnam.
What is Operation Frequent Wind?