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In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt directed the Army Air Corps to accept black Americans into aviation cadet training, thereby creating this group of aviators that struck a significant blow against racism in America.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
100
In April 1961, this President ordered Operation FARMGATE; the deployment of 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron to train the South Vietnamese Air Force, marking the beginnings of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
100
On this date, Stuart Symington became the first Secretary of the Air Force and officially established the US Air Force as an independent, coequal service.
What is 18 September 1947?
100
This Sunni jihadist organization, which emerged in the latter part of 2014, gained control of territory in Syria and northern Iraq, leaving savage atrocities in their wake, including mass murders and ruthless executions of civilians, and was universally condemned. President Obama authorized the ongoing Operation INHERENT RESOLVE to degrade and defeat the organization.
What is the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or (ISIS)?
100
This Airman Exemplar, an AC-47 gunship loadmaster during the Vietnam war, is the lowest ranking Airman to ever receive the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism during wartime.
Who is A1C John Lee Levitow?
200
This specially modified B-29 delivered the first operational atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy" over Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August, 1945.
What is the "Enola Gay?"
200
The August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident surrounded the attack on this US Ship by North Vietnamese Torpedo boats resulted in President Lyndon B. Johnson ordering an orchestrated air attack on North Vietnam in Operation BARRELL ROLL.

What is the USS Maddox?

200
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched this satellite into earth orbit, marking the beginning of the space age and sparking the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is Sputnik I?
200
This Operation immediately focused on protecting the United States homeland from both internal an external air attacks in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
What is Operation NOBLE EAGLE?
200
This 21-year-old Piqua, Ohio native was the first enlisted Airman to receive both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross posthumously. Although he was killed by Viet Cong snipers during a fire fight east of Saigon, his sacrifice and medical care helped nine men escape alive.
Who is SSgt William H. Pitsenbarger?
300

In July 1942, this person assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific Theatre and maximized the resource-poor command's combat power with innovations such as locally developed 150-gallon drop tanks and low-level "skip" bombing techniques.

Who is Major General George Kenney?
300
This President initiated a phased withdrawal from the frustrating conflict in Vietnam. From 536,000 US troops in 1968, US personnel numbered fewer than 100,000 by 1972.
Who is President Richard M. Nixon?
300
In mid-April 1961, Cuban exiles supported by the Central Intelligence Agency invaded Cuba hoping to overthrow Fidel Castro at this location, suffering a crushing defeat.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
300
On 17 January 1991, three Air Force Special Operations MH-53 J Pave Low helicopters led nine Army Apaches on the first strike mission of this Operation.
What is Operation DESERT STORM?
300
This Chief Master Sergeant was the first E-9 to be awarded the Medal Honor. He was killed defending his comrades when his radar site in Laos was overrun by North Vietnamese forces on 11 March 1968.
Who is CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger?
400
This offensive bombing strike against various targets in Tokyo, Kobe, and Nagoya on 18 April 1942 using 16 B-25 bombers boosted sagging American morale and shocked Japanese leaders despite inflicting little overall damage.
What is The Doolittle Raid?
400
These two enlisted airmen were involved in the only two confirmed MiG shootdowns by enlisted personnel during the Vietnam War. (Full credit for both, half credit for one)
Who are SSgt Samuel Turner and A1C Albert E. Moore?
400
In late 1953, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Trevor Gardner convened this group of experts to examine the field of long-range missiles, which led to the development and fielding of ICBMs (Intercontinental ballistic missiles)
What is the Teapot Committee?
400
After the end of Operation RESTORE HOPE, fewer than this many United States troops of the 25,000 originally deployed remained in Somalia.
What is 5,000?
400
This Airman Exemplar distinguished himself as a leader in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. A member of the famed Tuskegee Airman, this Pensacola, Florida native flew over 100 combat missions during the Korean War and flew 80 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
Who is General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr.?
500
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black aviators segregated into all-black squadrons across the Army Air Corps during World War II that contributed enormously to the US War Effort as well as striking a blow against racism. They were divided primarily across these three organizations. (Name 2)
What is the 99th Fighter Squadron, the 332nd Fighter Group, and the 477th Bomb Group?
500
Beginning on this date, Operation ROLLING THUNDER was a program of measured and limited air action against selected military targets in North Vietnam remaining south of the 19th Parallel. (Full credit for correct day, half for correct month/year)
What is 2 March 1965?
500
This plane entered service in December 1945 as the Air Force's first operational jet fighter. (Hint: It was later re-designated as the F-80)
What is the P-80?
500
In April 1986, President Reagan mobilized England-based F-111s to strike Libya during this Operation.
What is Operation ELDORADO CANYON?
500
This Exemplar is recognized as the architect of Air Force ballistic missile and military space programs. Originally born in Germany, this Exemplar organized and formed the divisions that produced the Atlas, Titan, Thor, and Minutemen missile systems.
Who is General Bernard A. Schriever?