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100

What is the force that is pulling an aircraft down?

A: Lift

B:Drag

C: Thrust

D: Weight

D-Weight

100

What is the only planet in the solar system to contain complex life?

Earth

100

Which of the following are NOT hazardous weather forms?

A: Tornados

B: Hurricanes

C: Blizzards

D: Cirrus clouds

D-Cirrus Clouds

100

What WWI Officer is considered the father of the Air Force?

Billy Mitchell

100

What is currently the only planet with Rovers on it?

Mars

200

What is the force of flight that propels an aircraft forward?

Thrust

200

What planet has lost its title of planet and now uses the title of “Dwarf Planet”?

Pluto- forever a planet in our hearts!

200

Which are the dangers of a thunderstorm to flying?

A: Hail

B: Microbursts

C: Lightning

D: All of the Above

D-All of the Above

200

Who was the first female fighter pilot?

A: Amelia Earhart

B: Jeannie M. Leavitt

C: Amy Johnson


B: Jeannie Leavitt

200

What is the calmest part of a hurricane called?

Eye

300

What is the force that opposes Thrust? (Backwards motion) 

Drag

300

What Gas Giant contains the most moons?

A: Jupiter

B: Saturn

C: Uranus

B-Saturn
300

What is worse, a weather watch or a weather warning?

Weather Warning

300

Who is the pilot that embodied the code of conduct after being captured when he ejected from his aircraft during the Vietnam War?

Lance P. Sijan

300

It is very dangerous to fly through storms, but what is the name of the Air Force Unit that regularly flies through hurricanes?

53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, AKA the Hurricane Hunters

400

What is the force that opposes weight and enables an aircraft to go up?

Lift
400

What planet contains a large, red, anticyclone ?

Jupiter

400

What kind of shelter should you go to if there’s a tornado imminent? Bonus points for the position to take to protect one’s head

Basement or inside room with no windows

400
What Air Force General was a Triple Ace and we celebrate mustache march in his memory?

Brig. Gen. Robin Olds

400

What planet does it take longer to rotate on its axis than it does to go around the sun?

A:Venus

B:Neptune

C: Jupiter

D: Mars

A-Venus

500

Which of the following forces of flight are opposites (Pick 2):

A: Lift and Weight

B: Drag and Weight

C: Thrust and Drag

D: Thrust and Lift

A-Lift and Weight

C-Thrust and Drag

500
What planet was discovered due to mathematical calculations and contains four seasons?

Neptune

500

What is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and a cyclone?

Where the disturbance formed.

500

What is the first conflict the Air Force served in as their own separate branch, no longer connected to the Army? 

World War II

500

What was the Wright Brothers’ jobs before they created the Wright flyer?

They owned the Wright Cycle Co, a bike shop