JEOPARDY
FROM THE
COLD WAR TO
DESERT
STORM
ADVANCES IN
AERONAUTICS
INTRO TO
AIR POWER
ADOLESCENCE
OF AIR POWER
THE GOLDEN
AGE 1919-39
AIR POWER
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WAR
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
AIR POWER
GOES TO
WAR
FROM THE
COLD WAR TO
DESERT
STORM
ADVANCES IN
AERONAUTICS
INTRO TO
AIR POWER
ADOLESCENCE
OF AIR POWER
THE
GOLDEN
AGE 1919-39
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THEY INVENTED GUNPOWDER
THE CHINESE
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THE U.S. MILITARY FIRST USED BALLOONS
DURING THIS WAR
THE CIVIL WAR
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HE BUILT AND FLEW THE WORLD’S FIRST
SUCCESSFUL RIGID DIRIGIBLE
FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN
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HE WAS A GREAT ARTIST AND CONDUCTED
THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN THE
FIELD OF AVIATION
LEONARDO DA VINCI
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IN 1911 SHE BECAME AMERICA’S FIRST
LICENSED FEMALE PILOT
HARRIET QUIMBY
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HE BUILT THE FIRST POWERED MONOPLANE
LOUIS BLERIOT
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HE DESIGNED AND FLEW THE FIRST FOURENGINE AIRCRAFT
IGOR SIKORSKY
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THIS GROUP OF AMERICANS FLEW FOR
FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR I
LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE
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HE WAS A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR A SEPARATE
AIR SERVICE, EQUAL TO THE ARMY AND NAVY
GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL
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THESE WERE THE NAMES OF THE FOUR
AIRCRAFT USED BY THE U.S. ARMY FOR THE
FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT IN 1924
BOSTON, CHICAGO, SEATTLE, AND NEW ORLEANS
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THIS TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE WAS ADDED
TO THE NATIONAL AIR RACES IN 1931
BENDIX TROPHY RACE
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THE FIRST U.S. AIR MAIL ROUTE WAS
BETWEEN THESE CITIES
NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC
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THESE TWO BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
WERE FOUGHT ENTIRELY BY AIRCRAFT
WITHOUT THE OPPOSING SURFACE SHIPS
SEEING EACH OTHER
MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA
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A U.S. B-29 WITH THIS NICKNAME DROPPED
THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON THIS JAPANESE
CITY
ENOLA GAY … HIROSHIMA
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THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE
LUFTWAFFE’S BOMBER FORCES AND THE RAF
FIGHTER FORCES
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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THE GERMANS GAVE THIS NAME TO THEIR
CONCEPT OF COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS
BLITZKRIEG (LIGHTNING WAR)
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THESE COUNTRIES WERE THE TWO MAJOR
POWERS IN THE COLD WAR
THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION
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THE USAF CAME INTO BEING IN 1947 WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THIS ACT
NATIONAL SECURITY ACT
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HE DESIGNED THE WORLD’S FIRST TURBOJET
ENGINE FOR USE IN AN AIRPLANE
FRANK WHITTLE
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THIS WAS AMERICA’S FIRST PRIORITY IN THE
KOREAN WAR
STOP THE ADVANCE OF THE NORTH KOREAN
TROOPS
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THIS BOMBER IS A “STEALTH” AIRCRAFT
DESIGNED TO BE INVISIBLE TO ENEMY RADAR
B-2 “SPIRIT”
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THIS JET REVOLUTIONIZED THE COMMERCIAL
AVIATION INDUSTRY AND BECAME THE
STANDARD LONG-RANGE JET OF THE 1960s
BOEING 707
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THESE TWO X-SERIES AIRCRAFT WERE FLOWN
DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s
X-15 AND XB-70
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THE X-29A WAS BUILT TO DEMONSTRATE THE
CAPABILITIES OF THIS DESIGN
CONFIGURATION
FORWARD SWEPT WING
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HE HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF
MODERN AVIATION
OTTO LILIENTHAL
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ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THEY ESCAPED
FROM PRISON BY FLYING WITH WINGS MADE
OF FEATHERS AND WAX
ICARUS AND DAEDALUS
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THESE BROTHERS DEMONSTRATED FLIGHT IN
A HOT AIR BALLOON IN 1783
MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS
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HE DESIGNED THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE,
CALLED THE “AERODROME,” BUT IT CRASHED
INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER TWICE.
SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY
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HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN
AN AIRPLANE CRASH
ARMY LT THOMAS SELFRIDGE
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IN 1908 HE WON THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
TROPHY IN A PLANE CALLED THE “JUNE BUG”
GLENN CURTISS
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IN 1906 HE FLEW THE FIRST POWERED
AIRPLANE IN EUROPE
ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT
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HE WAS THE LEADING AMERICAN ACE OF
WORLD WAR I AND WAS AWARDED THE
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
EDDIE RICKENBACKER
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HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY SOLO
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
CHARLES LINDBERGH
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IN 1915 PRESIDENT WILSON FORMED THIS
ORGANIZATION TO SUPERVISE AND DIRECT
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF
FLIGHT
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
AERONAUTICS (NACA)
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THIS GROUP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PILOTS
FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS IN WORLD WAR II
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
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THE WOMEN’S AIR DERBY LED TO THE
FORMATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN
FLIERS
NINETY-NINES
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GERMANY MARCHED INTO AND OCCUPIED
THESE COUNTRIES IN 1938 AND 1939
AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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BY 1941 THIS COUNTRY WAS THE ONLY MAJOR
POWER OF WORLD WAR II TO USE WOMEN
PILOTS IN COMBAT
SOVIET UNION
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HE LED THE FIRST AERIAL BOMBING ATTACK
ON JAPAN IN 1942
JIMMY DOOLITTLE
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HE WAS GENERAL MacARTHUR’S AIR
COMMANDER IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
THEATER
MAJ GEN KENNEY
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THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST
AIRLINER POWERED BY PURE TURBOJETS
DeHAVILLAND COMET
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HE WAS THE FIRST PILOT TO FLY FASTER THAN
THE SPEED OF SOUND
CHUCK YEAGER
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THIS WAS THE ONLY TRUE STRATEGIC
BOMBING CAMPAIGN OF THE VIETNAM WAR,
AND IT RESULTED IN NORTH VIETNAM
RETURNING TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
LINEBACKER II
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ENTERING PRODUCTION IN 1953, THIS
AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST FIGHTER
THAT COULD EXCEED MACH I IN LEVEL FLIGHT
F-100 “SUPER SABRE”
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THE CIA USED THIS LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT FOR
HIGH-ALTITUDE SPY MISSIONS OVER THE
SOVIET UNION IN THE 1950s AND 1960s
U-2
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HE PILOTED THE FIRST EIGHT FLIGHTS OF THE
X-15
SCOTT CROSSFIELD
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THIS SPY PLANE COULD FLY AT SPEEDS
EXCEEDING MACH 3 AND ALTITUDES MORE
THAN 80,000 FEET
SR-71
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THESE THREE COMPANIES ENTERED THE
JUMBO JET FIELD IN 1966
BOEING (747), LOCKEED (L-1011), AND
DOUGLAS (DC-10)
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