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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Getting Off the Ground.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the target date for the completion of Have Blue?
(a) March 12, 1976.
(b) April 18, 1975.
(c) December 1, 1977.
(d) October 12, 1978.

2. What was the F-117A nicknamed?
(a) Blackhawk.
(b) Darkwing.
(c) Nighthawk.
(d) Blackwing.

3. How many F-117As were hit when they flew over Iraq?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) None.

4. What did the Soviets build that was hydrogen fueled?
(a) Sputnik 1.
(b) A new bomber.
(c) A satellite.
(d) A reconnaissance plane.

5. What was Al Whitley's rank in the Air Force at the time he was chosen to fly the first F-117A?
(a) Lieutenant colonel.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was broken when a Blackbird test pilot boomed Johnson's ranch in Santa Barbara?

2. When did the CIA turn over its remaining U2 aircraft to the Air Force?

3. How close was the hydrogen complex to the Municipal Airport's in-bound runway?

4. For whom was the test site built where the Have Blue was tested?

5. What size wooden model was tested of the Hopeless Diamond?

(see the answer key)

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