Download WAPS SSGT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED | LATEST UPDATE 2024 and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! WAPS SSGT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED | LATEST UPDATE 2024 What award is given to airmen for outstanding performance during a deployment? - Correct Answer-Elizabeth N. Jacobson Award for Expeditionary Excellence When did the US pass the complete military command of the operation and control to NATO under Operation Odyssey Dawn? which was carried out under the new name of Operation Unified Protector> - Correct Answer-31 March 2011= (Unified means II people and II people are "MARCH"ing) What enabled air planners to reduce, with "great accuracy", the number of air sorties required to destroy particular objectives in Operation Enduring Freedom? - Correct Answer- Guided Munition National Defense University called the battle plan on the second day to launch 300 to 400 missiles in Operation Iraqi Freedom? - Correct Answer-"Shock and Awe"= 300 to 400 missiles? SHOCK! that's a lot! and AWE a lot of people died pg. 1 professoraxe l When did the Afghan forces formally take over combat operations? - Correct Answer-In June 2013 - people have 13 tattoos serves as a tribute 12 years after 911 1 year before the ending of war in Afghanistan Airlines and flights crashed into World Trade Centers? - Correct Answer-American Airlines Flight 11= North tower at 0846 United Airlines Flight 175= South Tower at 0903 / U-Weight 175lbs Airlines and Flights crashed into Pentagon and Shanksville - Correct Answer-American Airlines Flight 77= Pentagon at 0937 United Airlines Flight 93= Shanksville, PA at 1003 In addition to combat operations, Operation Enduring Freedom served as a humanitarian mission, How did service members provide humanitarian relief to the oppressed pg. 2 professoraxe l Which operation was the response to the 11 September 2001 to protect and surveillance the entire country? - Correct Answer-Operation Noble Eagle= An eagle is renowned for its keen sight and powerful soaring flight. Following an initial launch of Tomahawk missiles, under what operation did aircraft conduct strikes on a variety of strategic targets over Libya and create an airspace where no enemy forces could advance on Libyan opposition troops? - Correct Answer-Operation Odyssey Dawn= Odyssey with Y same with Libya Throughout Operation Enduring Freedom, 7 Oct 2001 - 28 December 2014, what were the total coalition casualties verses the Taliban and Al-Qaeda casualties? - Correct Answer- Coalition casualties 3,486 - Taliban & Al-Qaeda casualties ranged from 25,500 to 40,500 Which bombers, fighters, and unmanned aerial vehicle deployed to bases throughout the Afghanistan country? - Correct Answer-B-1 and B-52, F-15 and F-16; RQ-1B and RQ-4A unmanned aerial vehicle. pg. 5 professoraxe l After the deadlines for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, roughly how many American airmen stayed in Afghanistan to carry out operations against remnants of Al-Qaeda and help stand up the Afghan Air Force? - Correct Answer-300 American airmen= Think of Tri-pod need 3 legs to STAND UP. Operation Anaconda culminated in one of the most intense small-unit firefights of the war against terrorism. How long did this ordeal last? - Correct Answer-17 hours= Operation Anaconda has 17 letters Operation Enduring Freedom Timeline - Correct Answer-Oct 7 2001 - Dec 31 2014 Fight against terrorism to foreign soil= mostly Afghanistan To remove Afghanistan's Taliban government IN 2015, the OEF was replaced by Operation Freedom's Sentinel Who directed attacks to engagement zones for the Air Force B-52 bombers? - Correct Answer-Ground-based forces pg. 6 professoraxe l which targets did joint and combined efforts destroyed? - Correct Answer-Taliban air defenses, command centers and other fixed targets Who did elite American military forces supported during deployment in Afghanistan? - Correct Answer-Anti-Taliban Afghani Fighters Challenges during Operation Enduring Freedom - Correct Answer-Afghanistan's rugged terrain, complex political relationship, and distance from operating bases When did coalition forces take control of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital? - Correct Answer-In November 2001 = 2 months after 9/11 *payback B!!ch* Terrorist forces were run underground but not eliminated during Operation Enduring Freedom. What did this cause? - Correct Answer-Ongoing, extended counterinsurgency operations pg. 7 professoraxe l 300,000 troops deployed all 3s= March= 03, 300,000 troops. freedom=three-dom When did american commanders delcare that Saddam's regime was no longer in control of Baghdad? - Correct Answer-April 9 2003 April= April fools! many americans didn't believe 2003= saddam cried "3" times When was Saddam Hussein captured? - Correct Answer-13 December 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom timeline - Correct Answer-Officially begins on March 20 2003 Later then transition to Operation New Dawn on September 01 2010 pg. 10 professoraxe l Transition to Operation New Dawn signifies A formal end to US involvement in the military combat operations Operation New Dawn - Correct Answer-From the Operation Iraqi Freedom September 01 2010 Signifies a formal end to US involvement in the military combat operations Supporting role and stability operations to increase Iraqi security forces and their improved ability to combat terrorism Troop withdrawal from Iraq by President Bush signed in 2008? - Correct Answer-December 18 2011- Perfect timing for Christmas. Deployment was cut short. woohoo! Under what operation was a collection of aircraft launched to enforce UN security council, centering on protecting Libyan pg. 11 professoraxe l citizend from further harm under Moammar Gadhafi's regime? - Correct Answer-Operation Odyssey Dawn Operation in libya? - Correct Answer-Operation Odyssey Dawn Operation Odyssey Dawn Timeline(Libya) - Correct Answer- March 31 2011= US pass military command of the operations and control under ODD to NATO which then became "Operation Unified Protector" Under which operation did President Obama authorize the use of force against iraq and syria to bake ISIL? - Correct Answer-Operation Inherent Resolve= can't get this wrong. O work under this operation! pg. 12 professoraxe l