Part 1
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| show | Corporal Edward Ward assigned to US Army Signal Corps, and Private Joseph E. Barrett were told by commanding officer to learn how to repair and inflate balloons.
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| show | Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm and Major Henry P. Hershey won the 1906 Gordon Bennett trophy by competing in the first international balloon race.
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| T/F. The Wright brothers flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk N. Carolina in 1903. (23) | show 🗑
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| show | 1861, during the Civil War
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| In 1861, who was the 1st freelance civilian to record the 1st successful and useful balloon reconnaissance msn for the Army? (24) | show 🗑
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| show | Thaddeus Lowe
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| Who built the balloon called the Santiago for use by the Signal Corps during the Spanish-American war? (24) | show 🗑
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| Who was the Army's first enlisted pilot? (25) | show 🗑
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| show | Lt Benjamin D. Foulois; He taught himself to fly at Ft Sam Houston
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| show | Corporal Frank Scott in 1912; was crew chief flying as pax and pilot lost control
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| Activated on 5 Mar 1913, name the oldest sq. in the AF. (26) | show 🗑
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| show | 1914
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| Name the "Father of Blind Flight." (27) | show 🗑
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| show | Corporal Eugene Bullard; Known as "Black Swallow of Death" Only African-American man to serve as a pilot
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| The passing of this act no longger allowed enlisted men to fly. (28) | show 🗑
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| 1 of 4 enlisted personnel to be so honored, how was Sgt Fred C Graveline recognized for his service as an observer for both acft & balloon corps? (28) | show 🗑
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| show | made the air service an official combat arm of the Army
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| Although the Navy remained unconvinced about the vulnerability of its battleships, who tried to prove them otherwise? (27-29) | show 🗑
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| show | Sgt Ulysses "Sam" Nero
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| In 1920, what act established the basic grade structure that the AF uses today? (29) | show 🗑
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| In Dec 1925, what House of Representatives committee proposed a unified/independent AF plus a DoD to coordinate the 3 armed services? (30) | show 🗑
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