USAF History
Army Air Forces became the United States Air Force as a separate and equal element of the United States Armed Forces on this day.
When is 18 September 1947?
75 ABW Mission.
What is Generate and Enable Readiness?
The callsign given to any aircraft carrying the US President.
What is Air Force One?
75 OSS motto.
What is Born to Lead?
The largest aquatic animals that can survive in the north and south arms of the Great Salt Lake.
What is Brine Shrimp?
In 1947, Capt. Charles E. Yeager was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in level flight in this rocket-propelled experimental aircraft.
What is the Bell X-1?
Hill Air Force Base, named in honor of Major ________, was a pilot and an officer with a varied career but is best known for his abilities as a test pilot.
Who is Maj. Ployer Peter Hill?
The core values of the United States Air Force.
What is Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do?
The construction of our ATC Tower was this year.
When is 1974?
Utah's state fossil is the _____, a carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period.
What is the Allosaurus?
Triple ace _____, is honored every March by Airmen growing “bulletproof mustaches".
Who is Brig. Gen. Robin Olds?
During World War II, Hill Field and its people earned a renowned reputation for its _____ and _____ support for aircraft.
What is Maintenance & Supply?
DAFI.
What is "The Department of the Air Force Instruction"?
75 OSS Mission.
What is Make every sortie a success?
Known as "The Big 5" here in Utah.
What are:
Zion, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef & Bryce Canyon National Parks (s)?
In 1955 a young child, trying to reach Santa, dialed the misprinted phone number from a department store ad in the local newspaper. Instead of calling Santa, the child called the Continental Air Defense Command, beginning this program.
What is NORAD Santa Tracker?
The name of Hill AFB before it was Hill AFB.
What is Hill Field?
This aircraft first flew in 1952, entered service in 1955, and is still in use today.
What is the B-52 Stratofortress?
This soda frequently is first out of stock at the snack bar because of SrA Thomson. (Thomson you can't answer this one)
What is Dr. Pepper?
In 1987, a _____ escaped from Tracy Aviary in SLC, made his way to the Great Salt Lake, and has likely lived there ever since. Named "Pink Floyd," he was last spotted in 2005.
What is a Flamingo?
The National Security Act of 1947 separated the Air Force into its own military branch. That same act established the _____ as well.
#Twinsies.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
75 ABW Motto.
What is "Count On Us"?
Commander of Air Force Material Command.
Who is General Duke Z. Richardson?
Air Force One last visited Hill AFB this year.
When is 2015?
The official state snack since 2001.
What is (green) Jell-o?