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1 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan.

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3 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan.

4 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. If you could control the air then you could influence the actions on the ground or sea.

5 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan.

6 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Combined arms approach – aircraft, artillery and troops. Quick, good communication, and stealth are key components.

7 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan.

8 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Utilized during the European Campaign. The US bombed during the day from high altitudes, with fighter escorts utilizing new technology (Norden bombsight). British bombed during the nighttime.

9 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan.

10 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. The primary weapon was the aircraft carrier and the aircraft gained superiority, captured islands, built bases and moved to the next island to begin strategic bombing of mainland Japan.

11 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan.

12 Warm-Up – 3/19 – 10 minutes Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions: Describe, in your own words, the importance of air superiority. Describe the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Germans. Describe the Combined Bombing Offensive. Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Describe why President Truman decided to use the atom bomb against Japan. President Truman feared that a land invasion would cost hundreds of thousands of lives (both military and civilian) and the war would drag on for a long time.

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14 THIS DAY IN AVIATION March 19
1909 — The International Aero and Motor-Boat Exhibition opens in London. Among the exhibits is a Wright airplane for sale at $7,000.

15 THIS DAY IN AVIATION March 19
1912 — The first of the United States Signal Corps “Scout” series capable of meeting a specification issued February 8, 1912, the S.C. No. 8 is delivered to Augusta, Georgia by Curtiss pilot Charles F. Walsh. It finally passes all tests at College Park, Maryland in May with Lincoln Beachey at the controls.

16 THIS DAY IN AVIATION March 19
1918 — The first operations across lines in France are flown by the 94th Squadron 1st Pursuit Group.

17 THIS DAY IN AVIATION March 19
1969 — The first scheduled jet air service inside the Arctic Circle begins as Nordair inaugurates a weekly return service between Montreal, Canada and Resolution Bay, Cornwallis Island, Canada.

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19 March 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 5 Chapter 4 US Enters War Pearl Harbor 6 European Campaign North Africa 7 Theories of Air Power 8 D-Day 9 Mighty 8th Museum 10 11 12 Pacific Campaign 13 Island Hopping 14 Doolittle Raid Atomic Bomb 15 Lessons Learned 16 Chap 4 Review & Test FLIGHTLINE 17 18 19 Chapter 5 Military Developments Separate Air Force Wartime Advances 20 Jet Propulsion “Vengeance Weapons” Helicopters 21 Berlin Airlift 22 Korean War 23 Chap 5 Quiz 24 25 26 Commercial Aviation General Aviation 27 Aviation R & D 28 Vietnam War Phase 1 and 2 29 Phase 3 and 4 30 Chap 5 TEST 31 1 2 Chapter 6 Advances in Aeronautics 3 4 Chap 6 TEST  5

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21 Chapter 5 – Aviation: From the Cold War to Desert Storm

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23 Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify why the United States reduced its military forces after World War II. Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed. Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force. Identify several aviation advances that were made during World War II. EQ: What were the main concerns, militarily and politically, with the Cold War and its implications to aviation development?

24 Video of the Day B-36 Peacemaker

25 Military Developments
After World War II, US Army Air Forces went from: 2,125,000 (63,715 aircraft) Sep 1945 Jan 1946, 900,000 By 1947 cut to 300,000

26 Military Developments
US was certain, with the monopoly of the atomic bomb, no one would dare attack US felt no need to maintain a large military force

27 Separate Air Force: Designed to Defend the Nation
In July 1947 with the National Security Act, the Air Force became a separate branch of the military The USAF primary mission was deterrence

28 Separate Air Force: Designed to Defend the Nation
USAF needed to be strong enough that no nation would dare attack The USAF could destroy a nation with atomic bombs This mission was given to the Strategic Air Command (SAC).

29 Separate Air Force: Designed to Defend the Nation
The B-36 Peacemaker started service in 1948. First designed in 1941 in case England lost Battle of Britain – which would have left US with no bases close to bomb Germany

30 Separate Air Force: Designed to Defend the Nation
The B-36 was designed: carry 10,000 lbs bombs range 10,000 miles Weighed six times as much as B-17 Powered by six pusher propellers and four jet engines B-29

31 B-36 “Peacemaker” Span: 230 feet Length: 162 feet, 1 inches Height:
Weight: 410,000 pounds loaded Armament: Sixteen M24 20mm cannon in eight nose, tail and fuselage turrets, 86,000 pounds of conventional or nuclear bombs Engine: Six Pratt & Whitney B 4360s of 3,800 horsepower and four General Electric J47s of 5,200 pounds thrust each Maximum speed: 435 mph Cruising speed: 230 mph Range: 10,000 miles Service ceiling: 45,700 feet Cost: $3,701,000 B-36 “Peacemaker”

32 Wartime Advances Airplanes improved in: Aircraft design
Instrumentation Navigation Electronic systems Engines Armor protection

33 Wartime Advances Bombers grew in size, speed and bomb load capacity
B-29 carried 3 times the bomb load and had 3 times the range of the B-17 B-29 was the first to have pressurized crew compartments

34 Wartime Advances P-51 often called best fighter of WWII P-51D Mustang
P-40C Curtiss Max Weight 11,600 lbs 8,058 lbs Max Speed 437 mph 345 mph Max Range 2,300 mi 945 mi Service Ceiling 41,000 ft 29,500 ft Rate of Climb 3,500 fpm 2,690 fpm

35 Wartime Advances War brings out the survival instinct
Leads to revolutionary developments that replaced previous technology Jet aircraft quickly made piston-engine aircraft obsolete

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37 SAFETY FIRST. SAFETY ALWAYS.

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