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***Study Guide for the Academic Quiz Bowl Challenge*****
--“Duty, Honor, Country” is the motto of West Point.
--The slogan of the Air Force is “Aim High”
--The Slogan of the Marine Corps is “Semper Fidelis”
--There are 6 white stripes on the American flag.
--There are 7 red stripes on the American flag.
--The nickname of D-Day was Operation Overlord.
--The total cost of the Manhattan Project was $2 billion.
-- The United States Air Force was established in 1947.
--West Point was established in 1802
--The Naval Academy was founded in 1845.
--Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959.
--Korea was divided at the 38th parallel.
--The Cold War lasted from 1945-1989.
--The USAF Academy was established in 1954
--No other objects can be placed on top of a flag when it is placed on a casket
--The Pentagon is divided into 5 parts; the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the
Department of Defense.
--The Air National Guard is headquartered in Washington, DC.
--Reveille signifies the start of the official duty day.
--The Air Combat Command acts as the primary provider of combat air forces.
--Dr. Robert H. Goddard has been called “the father of modern rocketry”
--General Eisenhower was from the class of 1915 at West Point.
--The USAF Academy is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
--Upon graduation from a military academy, you are awarded a bachelor degree and
commissioned as a second lieutenant.
--The Naval Academy is the resting place for the Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul
Jones.
--Otto Lilienthal has been called “the father of modern aviation”. He was the first practical
aviator.
--During World War I, the Germany used airships called Zeppelins for observation and for
bombing raids.
--Manfred Von Richthofen was the “ace of aces” for Germany during World War I with 80
victories.
--Edward V. Rickenbacker was the United State’s “ace of aces” during World War I with 26
victories.
--The Allied invasion of Europe during World War II began on June 6, 1944.
--The German Air Force from 1935 through World War II was known as the Luftwaffe
--On August 6, 1945, an American bomber (B-29), the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb
on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
--Vietnam, like Korea and Germany was one of the countries divided after World War II.
--When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they crippled a ship so badly that it was turned
it into a memorial. That ship is the U.S.S. Arizona.
--The first major US victories during WWII were at Coral Sea and Midway in June 1942.
--On October 14, 1947, with Air Force Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager at the controls, the X1 aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound.
--Vietnam was the first war to incorporate the large-scale use of computers
--Although helicopters were used late in World War II, it was during the Korean Conflict the
helicopter saw the first large-scale use and proved their effectiveness.
--The commander of the US Forces in Vietnam was General Westmoreland.
--The purpose of Linebacker-I and Linebacker-II campaigns was to cut off the flow of
supplies to Communist forces in South Vietnam.
--The North Korean People’s Army was sent across the 38th Parallel to invade the south on
June 15, 1950.
--American flyers used the swept-wing Saber jet in the Korean War.
--Iraq agreed to cease fire on February 28, 1991, and although infrequent fighting continued
for a few more days, the Gulf War was officially over.
--United States pilots employed 7,400 tons of precision-guided munitions- popularly called
“smart bombs” in the Gulf War.
--The monkeys that lifted off into space on May 28, 1959 were named Abel and Baker.
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