Air Force History
The year that the Air Force was founded.
What is 1947?
Members of this branch have received the most Medals of Honor, more than 2,400 in total.
What is the US Army?
He led Union Forces in the capture of Atlanta and the March to the Sea during the Civil War.
Who is William Sherman?
War of 1812 battle that inspired the composition of the Star-Spangled Banner.
What is the Battle of Baltimore?
He was Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
The plane that Chuck Yeager flew when he broke the sound barrier on 14 October 1947.
What is the Bell X-1?
The number of people who have been Awarded the Medal of Honor twice.
What is Nineteen?
He was commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. His nickname was "Black Jack"
Who is John Pershing?
This World War II Naval Battle was a Japanese Tactical Victory, but American Strategic Victory. The first time in the war that a Japanese Offensive was halted.
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
In 1864, he became the first person after George Washington to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Who is Ulysses Grant?
The name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki.
What is Bockscar?
He is the most recent member of the US Air Force to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Who is MSgt John Chapman?
His career spanned the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War. The Duke of Wellington once referred to him as "the greatest living General."
Who is Winfield Scott?
Major US Air Force bombing campaign in Vietnam with the purpose of halting North Vietnam's Easter Offensive.
What is Operation Linebacker?
He was the only President to have ever received the Medal of Honor.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Former MAJCOM that was active from 1946 to 1992. Its motto was "Peace is Our Profession."
What is Strategic Air Command?
At age 62, he was the oldest person to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
His Corps fought off Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. He would later unsuccessfully run for President in 1880.
Who is Winfield Scott Hancock?
This battle saw some of the most brutal fighting in the Korean War. UN forces broke out of an encirclement by Chinese forces.
What is the Battle of Chosin Reservoir?
He served for three months in the Black Hawk War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was the longest serving Chief of Staff of the Air Force. (Hint: There is an Air Force Base named after him.)
Who is General Hoyt S. Vandenberg?
She is the only Woman to have received the Medal of Honor so far.
Who is Mary Walker?
She was the first woman to become a Four-Star General in the US Armed Forces.
Who is Ann Dunwoody?
The Largest Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River. Solidified the Union's hold over the State of Missouri.
What is the Battle of Westport?
He served as the Chairman of the Continental Congress's Board of War, the equivalent of today's Secretary of Defense, during the Revolutionary War.
Who is John Adams?