Q 01/05

In what year did the US Air Force become an independent branch of the armed forces?

A) 1947

B) 1949

C) 1952

D) 1958

Answer · why

A) 1947

The National Security Act of 1947 split the Army Air Forces off as a separate service; the US Air Force formally came into being on 18 September 1947.

Q 02/05

The Air Force traces its origins to 1 August 1907 as a division of which Army branch?

A) The Quartermaster Corps

B) The Corps of Engineers

C) The Signal Corps

D) The Cavalry

Answer · why

C) The Signal Corps

The Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps was set up on 1 August 1907 with one officer and two enlisted men; it became the Aviation Section, Air S...

Q 03/05

Who was the first Secretary of the Air Force?

A) Carl Spaatz

B) James Forrestal

C) W. Stuart Symington

D) Hoyt Vandenberg

Answer · why

C) W. Stuart Symington

W. Stuart Symington, previously Assistant Secretary of War for Air, was sworn in as the first Secretary of the Air Force on 18 September, the date the...

Q 04/05

Which supersonic swing-wing bomber entered Air Force service in 1986?

A) B-1B Lancer

B) B-2 Spirit

C) B-58 Hustler

D) XB-70 Valkyrie

Answer · why

A) B-1B Lancer

The Rockwell B-1B Lancer, a variable-sweep-wing supersonic bomber, reached initial operational capability with Strategic Air Command at Dyess Air Forc...

Q 05/05

How many Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles does the Air Force operate?

A) 100

B) 200

C) 300

D) 400

Answer · why

D) 400

Together with air-delivered weapons that is about 49% of the US nuclear stockpile.