Quizzes


Volume 49, No. 11, June 28, 2007
 
 
 
AIR FORCE QUIZ
1. Who is the Airman of the Year?  
2. Why is Sir James Killen important for Air Force?
3. Who designed and manufactured the Caribou?
4. What did BPAC once stand for?
5. What are the Pathfinders?
6. What is the name of the operation to protect Australia’s waters from illegal fishing and immigration?
7. For how many weeks may Servicewomen take maternity leave?
8. What exercise is held annually in Nevada?
9. Name the US satellite base that was once located at Woomera in SA.
10. What is a ‘Mae West’?




ANSWERS

1. CPL Ole Underwood
2. A former member, he was responsible for Air Force acquiring the Hornets
3. De Havilland in Canada
4. Base Personnel Administration Centre
5. They were highly trained aircrew who flew ahead and marked targets for the bombers during WWII
6. Operation Resolute
7. 14
8. Exercise Red Flag
9. US Narrunga
10. An older-style life jacket worn by airmen who flew over the ocean


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