| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ADD A LETTER: GEOGRAPHY EDITION $1200: Ohio city where Wright-Patterson Air Force Base takes off not far away & Florida beach where NASCAR takes off differently Dayton & Daytona |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | OHIO GEOGRAPHY $1000: Rumored to hold UFO tech & debris in its Hangar 18, this hyphenated Air Force base is northeast of Dayton Wright-Patterson |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | "MM" POP $2000: Till Lindemann is the frontman of this metal band that doubles the "M" of a U.S. Air Force base in Germany Rammstein |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | ALL ABOUT THAT BASE $1000: In 1981 the Shuttle Columbia completed NASA's first flight with a wheeled landing at this California Air Force base Edwards |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | THE "GOLD", "BERG"s $1000: Missile launches are part of the mission of the California Air Force base named for this general Vandenberg |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | Q THE MAP $600: Al Udeid Air Base, the headquarters of the U.S. Air Force's central command, is found in this emirate Qatar |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $200: Named for the famous brothers & a WWI-era pilot, Wright-Patterson AFB is just east of this Ohio aviation city Dayton |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $400: The first landing of this took place at California's Edwards Air Force Base on April 14, 1981 the Space Shuttle |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $800: Tampa's MacDill AFB is home to the KC-135 Stratotanker, used for this mid-air process refueling |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $1,000 (Daily Double): Since the 1950s the USAF & this air force have shared a base at Mildenhall in Suffolk the Royal Air Force (or RAF) |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $1000: Arizona's Luke Air Force Base trains pilots to fly this alphanumeric plane, also known as the Fighting Falcon, a mainstay of the United States Air Force since 1979 the F-16 |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | GEOG. DICT. ABBREV. $400: AFB:
a place full of flyboys Air Force base |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | ARCHIPELAGOS $800: The U.S. Air Force maintains Lajes Field, a base on the island of Terceira in this North Atlantic group owned by Portugal the Azores |
| #7179, aired 2015-11-26 | THE AMERICAN MILITARY $2000: Creech Air Force Base in this state is known as the home to the Predator drone Nevada |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | WARBIRDS $600: (Alex delivers the clue aboard a plane at the Aviano Air Base in Italy.) For over 30 years, the United States Air Force has relied on this fighter plane, a single engine, Mach 2 F-16, known as "The Fighting" this; it's a fierce type of hawk "Falcon" |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | C.I.A. DIRECTORS $2000: An Air Force base on California's Central Coast is named for this general & 1940s C.I.A. director Hoyt Vandenberg |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with some planes at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ.) The F-15 Eagle was revolutionary when it was introduced in the 1970s; its twin engines provided 1.2 pounds of this force for every pound of weight, making it the first airplane able to accelerate straight up thrust |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | THAT PLACE IS "GRAND"! $2000: Let's dine at this N.D. city on the Red River; yah, it's not far from Fargo & has an Air Force base nearby, dontcha know Grand Forks |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | NEVADA $1000: This elite USAF flying team took up residence at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base in 1956 the Thunderbirds |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $1200: The U.S. sped up its pullout from Luzon's Clark Air Force Base after this volcano's 1991 eruption Mount Pinatubo |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | U.S. FORCES OVERSEAS $800: The largest installation in the Asia-Pacific region, the Kadena Air Force Base operates from this Japanese island Okinawa |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | PLACES IN TEXAS, PLUS $1000: It's an Air Force base & a nickname of England's property-poor King John Lackland |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | GEOG. DICT. ABBREV. $400: A.F.B. stands for one of these military installations Air Force Base |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | THE WRIGHT STUFF $2000: This follows Wright in the name of an Ohio Air Force base Patterson |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | ROUNDING THE BASES $800: Edwards Air Force Base in this state is home to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center California |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | ROUNDING THE BASES $1,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 11, 2001 this plane secretly touched down at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base Air Force One |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | BERG-OPOLIS $1600: An Air Force base in California is named for this general, the second Air Force Chief of Staff (Hoyt) Vandenberg |
| #5756, aired 2009-09-28 | STATELY FORTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Fort Dix in this state is bordered by McGuire Air Force Base & Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst New Jersey |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | MILITARY INSTALLATIONS BY STATE $800: Fort McPherson,
Robins Air Force Base Georgia |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | DELAWARE $200: Home to a major U.S. Air Force base, this capital was founded in 1683 Dover |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | WHERE AM I? $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from next to a fighter jet.)
I'm at Nellis Air Force Base, just 8 miles from this city's downtown; in the 1940s, the site was chosen for the vast desert wasteland in the area Las Vegas |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | WAR $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) In 1972, responding to poor combat performance in this war, the United States Air Force began the Aggressor program to provide adversaries during training the Vietnam War |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.) To accelerate a plane, this force must be greater than the drag. Luckily, the F-16's engines provide 27,000 pounds of it thrust |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | ALABAMA $800: This man whose last name is on an Ohio Air Force base also taught flying at what's now Alabama's Maxwell AFB Wilbur Wright |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | FIRST BASE $2000: In 2003 Buckley in Colorado was the first Air Force base to fly the U.S. flag raised on this Pacific mountain in 1945 Mount Suribachi |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | MADE TO MEASURE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) Nellis Air Force Base has the U.S.A.'s largest solar power system: 70,000 panels produce 15 of these units, supplying the base with 25% of its power in the summer a megawatt |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.) Used regularly in Iraq, this aircraft with an aggressive name is designated MQ-1; the 1 means it's the first of its kind, a long-range, unmanned, recon aircraft the Predator |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $400: (Alex reports from Kadena Air Force Base in Japan.) This is the main job of the KC-135 Stratotanker; it helps put the "global" in the Air Force's global reach, global power fueling |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports in front of a helicopter.) Kadena Air Base is home to the Air Force's largest combat one of these, the 18th; not a part of a plane, but a military unit wing |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | DISCOVERY $800: From 1979 to 1983 the assembly of the shuttle Discovery took place at this Palmdale, Calif. military facility Edwards Air Force Base |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | WHAT A STATE I'M IN $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Peterson Air Force Base.) My mood is elevated here at Peterson Air Force Base, located at 6,200 feet in this state that has the highest average elevation Colorado |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | TIME TO GET A "HEAD" $600: For U.S. Central Command, it's at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa headquarters |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | BAY "B" $800: The U.S. Air Force's Thule Air Base in Greenland lies on the eastern shore of this bay Baffin Bay |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $1200: One of the world's largest military aviation museums is located at this Air Force base near Dayton, Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
| #4619, aired 2004-10-07 | TRACK & FIELD $800: When Yeager broke the sound barrier there, this California Air Force Base was known as Muroc Field Edwards |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | GREENLAND $1000: The site of a U.S. Air Force base, it follows "Ultima" in a phrase meaning a distant place Thule |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | GEO. ABBREV. $1000: A.F.B. Air Force Base |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | HOT SPOTS $1000: Greenland Ranch Station was the odd name of the spot in this U.S. area where a thermometer hit 134 on July 10, 1913 Death Valley |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | "O" TOWN $400: Offutt Air Force Base is on the outskirts of this large Nebraska city Omaha |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | SASKATCHE- WANDERING $2000: The site of a major Canadian Air Force training base, this city sounds like the mandible of a large deer Moose Jaw |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | "A" PLUS $1600: Now home to Air Force One, this Air Force base is located about 11 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. Andrews AFB |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | BASES LOADED $1600: If the space shuttle can't land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it can land at this Calif. air force base Edwards Air Force Base |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | SUBMARINE LIFE $1200: Subs navigate with the help of this satellite system controlled at a Colorado Air Force base GPS (Global Positioning System) |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | ALL-AMERICAN FOLKS $1000: A California Air Force base is named for this man, a test pilot & an excellent dancer & apple pie baker Glen Edwards |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | U.S. CITIES $600: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is located near this Ohio city that was home to the Wright brothers Dayton |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | WHERE IT'S AT $400: The Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum,
Edwards Air Force Base California |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA $300: In 1948 Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base became home to SAC, which stood for this Strategic Air Command |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' $300: This desert is home to 4 military installations, including Edwards Air Force Base Mojave Desert |
| #3218, aired 1998-09-09 | "Y"s GUYS $400: Think fast -- in 1997 Edwards Air Force Base in California named a street in honor of this retired general Chuck Yeager |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | GEOGRAPHY $300: Lajes Field is a U.S. Air Force base in this Portuguese island group in the Atlantic Azores |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | MUSEUMS $300: The National Atomic Museum is located at Kirtland Air Force Base near this largest New Mexico city Albuquerque |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | SPACE EXPLORERS $400 (Daily Double): Buzz Aldrin left NASA in 1971 & became commander of the test pilot school at this California air force base Edwards AFB |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | OHIO $1000: The world's largest military aviation museum is located at this Dayton Air Force base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | "SPRINGS" ON THE MAP $500: It's surrounded by the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fort Carson & Peterson Field Air Force Base Colorado Springs |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | MAN IN SPACE $200: On Feb. 18, 1977, the Space Shuttle made its first test flight aboard a 747 at this California Air Force Base Edwards |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | THE ARCTIC $800: The U.S.'s Thule Air Force Base was built on this island with the knowledge it would sink Greenland |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | CALIFORNIA $800: This Air Force base just north of LOMPOC is a launch site for U.S. satellites Vandenburg |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | ISLANDS $400: In 1951 the U.S. Air Force established a bomber base at Thule on this Danish island Greenland |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | OHIO $1000: The largest single employer of this city associated with aviation is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | MAN IN SPACE $600: On July 21, 1969, NASA executed its first manned takeoff from this site from the Moon (Sea of Tranquility) |
| #1286, aired 1990-03-19 | SCIENTISTS $1000: An Air Force base in Virginia is named for this astronomer & aeronautical pioneer Samuel Pierpoint Langley |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $500: An Air Force base named for the Wright Bros. & test pilot Frank Patterson is in this Ohio city Dayton |
| #879, aired 1988-06-02 | AIRPORTS $400: Home field of the president's plane, Air Force One Andrews Air Force Base |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ELVIS $1000: While in the Army, Elvis did his basic training at this Texas base Fort Hood |
| #177, aired 1985-05-14 | 1984 $1000: February 11, 1984 marked the 1st time a U.S. spacecraft had ever landed here Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) |
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