probook 8 !!

What emerged between the US and the Union of Societ Socialist Republics after the conclusion of WWII?

Which pin is worn by cadets who are in the top 1/3 of military performance by class?

What are aspects of warfare that are universally true and relevant, which have been noted to produce military victory?

An intense 11 day air campaign to pressure North Vietnamese into a final peace agreement

Which pin is worn by cadets who have completed airmanship 490 or graduated the U.S. Army Basic Aurborne Course?

CATF was disbanded and absorbed by ____, which conducted fighter/bomber ops in support of nationalist chinese forces

Nixon's response to Vietnamese Easter Offensive in spring 1972, provided the first aces of the Vietnam war

Which command existed as a staff with no planes or operational units for a while.

Experimental US planes/helos/rockets used for testing new tech and aerodynamic concepts that pioneered aircraft features

What was the code word for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to achieve decisive results

Participation in intramurals, clubs, or intercollegiate athletics is optional for the eight academic semesters.

attacking the enemy at a time, place, or in a manner for which they are not prepared

concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to achieve decisive results

Conducted offensive strategic bombing ops in Burma, CAS for Chinese ground forces and ops against Japanese communication

Which pin is worn by cadets who have successfully completed U.S. Army Basic Air Assault School?

Which command was rated second as the defender of the US homeland?

How many semester hours of PE is required to graduate?

What experimental plane(s) examined variable geometry wings found on the F-111 Aardvark, F-14 Tomcat, and B-1 Lancer?

New Brig Gen Chennault was tasked with command of ___, responsible for defending aerial supply route over the "Hump"?

The principles of war serve as valuable guides to evaluate potential courses of action. The principles are ___ but ____.

Airmen and Guardians should appreciate how these principles ____ but should most fully understand them as they ______.

Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, and Deke Slayton flew in the Army air corps or USAF prior to being part of ____?

Which pin is worn by cadets who obtained a GPA of 3.0 or above for the previous semester?

Nixon embraced "___", a phased withdrawal from Vietnam

the principles of war combined with __ provide the basis for a sound and enduring doctrine for air, space and cyberspace

Which pin is worn by cadets who have completed the Marine Corps bulldog program at Quantico?

SAC is best known for its service preparing for, and thus deterring ______, and achieved impressive results in combat.

What American fighter equaled the MiG's speed, enabling USAF pilots to prevail in battles over "MiG Alley"?

How is the PEA weighted?

never permit the enemy to acquire unexpected advantage

Which does NOT complete the sentence: To graduate from USAF Academy, a cadet must demonstrate:

Who shot down a MiG in the world's first all-jet air battle?

What did the AVG fly when they destroyed 296 enemy aircraft?

Which pin is worn by cadets who have qualified as a basic space operator (BSO) of a FalconSAT spacecraft?

What experimental plane(s) was/were part of a program that qualified eight pilots for astronought status?

place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power

What is the minimum core and cumulative and major's GPA?

What experimental plane(s) tested lifting body and maneuverability technologies making the space shuttle a reality?

Which pin is worn by cadets who are involved in the cyberwarfare program?

F-100 Super Sabres, RF-101 Voodoos, F-105 Thunderchiefs, and KC-135s conducted ___ attacking communist forces in LAOS.

On 24 June 1948, Soviets closed railroad and road corridors to the residents of _____ deep within Communist East Germany

What was the code word for the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

When did Truman sign the National Security Act into law, which provided a seperate department of the air force?

What was the kill ratio of the Korean War F-86 pilots

Through Gen George C. Kenney was the first SAC commander, the second SAC commander, _____, defined the command

The art of developing airpower strategies depends on airmans ability to view these principes from a _____ +integrate

Which command was designed to deliver air power to distant lands, which became the focus of most attention?

What day did the Japanese government surrender, preventing a costly American invasion of Japanese home islands?

Flown by North Korean, Chinese, and soviet pilots, the ____ outclassed American F-51, F-80, and F-84 in performance.

As a response to growing communist influence in Laos and S. Vietnam, Kennedy ordered____ to train the S. Vietnamese AF.

avoid unnecessary complexity in organizing, preparing, planning, and conducting military operations

What date did Communist North Korea achieve complete strategic and tactical surprise by invading US- backed South Korea?

Which pin is worn by cadets who have soloed a USAFA glider or powered aircraft?

What precludes commanders from using the principles of was as a checklist to guarantee victory?

The UN advance into North Korea led to

Which pin is worn by cadets who obtain a semester's PEA of 3.0 during the academic year?

Allied powers issued an ___ calling for Japanese government surrender or suffer "prompt and utter destruction"

When did the draft end?

With pressurized crew compartment, remote control guns, and radial engines, the ___became the primary bomber over Japan.

Each cadet is evaluated on military performance each semester and must maintain a minimum 2.0 MPA

Nonviolent use of airpower aggravated a disastrous confrontation, showing US airlift strategic capabilities

Between____,the USAAF was reorganized by the War department into 3 commands that reflected postwar global defense needs.

___ sought to apply airpower to influence North Vietnamese will, the most ineffective USAF air campaign in history.

Deployment of US air/ground units to defend Saudi Arabia and the persian gulf, response to Hussein's invasion of Kuwait

judicious employment and distribution of forces

Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the moon as part of ____.

Col Claire Lee Chennault's American Volunteer Group who attacked the Japanese with innovation wingman tactics in 1941

direct military operations toward a defined+attainable objective that contributes to strategic operational+tactical aims

Which pin is worn by a select group of cadets who were selected after arriving at AFA with a PPL?

What day did the B-29 Enola Gay launch from Tinian Island for Hiroshima, Japan and drop a uranium device?

During the Korean war, the limited range of F-80 jets prevented adequate ____ for tactical operations.

Nearly 5 square miles of the city were destroyed and 80,000 people died and Japan surrendered.

Which pin is won by cadets who obtained the com's pin, dean's pin, and AD pin?

In response to soviet's launch of sputnik, Eisenhower authorized __, a recon satellite program managed by the AF + CIA

Who was a B-24 navigator in WWII, who killed 16 MiGs in the Korean war?

Who assumed control of the airlift, including 300 amierican+100 british aircraft by applying expertise from the "hump"?

The fifteenth month Berlin Airlift was also called

Which pin is worn by cadet aviation instructors?

Who broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 in the Bell X-1?

What was created in 1946 to manage the world's only nuclear weapons and delivery systems?

Who was the first pilot to reach an altitude of 50 mi, earn astronaut status, and fly over 6x the speed of sound?

Who was the first Secretary of the Air Force?

By the end of the Air War in China, American Air Forces had achieved ____ over China

4 phase air campaign that targeted Iraqi strategic centers, air defense network, and ground combat forces

seize, retain, and exploit the initiative

Which pin is worn by cadets who have completed SUAS certification?

Which pin is awarded to cadet soaring IPs upon completion of AM-461 (WWII glider pilot wings)?

______ under the command of Lt Gen George E. Stratemeyer gained air superority and haulted N Korean assaut

What experimental plane(s) was/were modified B-36 Peacemaker equipped with a nuclear propulsion system that never flew?

Frank Borman and Bill Anders were on ____, the first spacecraft to leave Earth orbit and orbit the moon.

Concentration of effort for every objective under one responsible commander

On May 12, 1949 the Societs recognized the airlifts success and lifted the blockade

Who responded to the Berlin Crisis by organizing an airlift of food, medicine, and coal using C47 and C54 aircraft?

Who was the world's first jet ace, with 15 kills in the Korean war?