Lesson 1: Air Force Beginnings Through the Korean War

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1 Lesson 1: Air Force Beginnings Through the Korean War A. Define, Describe, or Identify: 1. Nuclear deterrence 2. Arms 3. United Nations 4. Marshall Plan 5. Strategic Triad 6. Missiles 7. Satellite 8. Mach 9. Western Allies 10. Airlift 11. Colony th parallel 13. Latitude 14. Limited war 119

2 B. Short Answer (Things to Think About): Write a short answer to each question. 1. What were the three major operating commands created in 1946, and what was the responsibility of each? 2. How did the atomic bomb shape the mission of the Air Force? 3. What was the Strategic Triad? 4. What were the lessons the USAF learned from the Korean War? 120

3 C. Matching: Match the definition in Column A with the name in Column B. You may use each name only once. Column A 1. He was the first jet ace in history. 2. He was the first secretary of the US Air Force. 3. He served as the first US Air Force chief of staff. 4. He broke the sound barrier in He was the US commander in Europe at the time of the Berlin blockade. 6. He was the commander of US Air Forces in Europe at the time of the Berlin blockade. Column B a. Carl Spaatz b. Gail Halvorsen c. Lucius Clay d. James Jabara e. Manuel Pete Fernandez f. Curtis LeMay g. Stuart Symington h. George Davis i. Chuck Yeager j. William Tunner 7. He was asked to command the airlift into West Berlin. 8. He was known as the Candy Bomber. 9. The third jet ace of the Korean War, he went on to set a record in 1956 in the F-100C Super Sabre. 10. He fought in both World War II and the Korean War and was one of only four Airmen to earn the Medal of Honor during the Korean War. 121

4 D. Crossword Puzzle: Across 3. Rocket-propelled vehicles that carry a weapon or warhead. 6. The 38th is a line marking the original boundary between North and South Korea. 8. Weapons. 10. A war in which opposing sides try to avoid a worldwide war and the possible use of atomic bombs by fighting outside their own lands and sometimes through troops who aren t their own. 12. Three-pronged method of delivering nuclear weapons by land, air, and sea. 14. The United States, Britain, and France, which controlled West Germany after World War II. Down 1. A strategy for rebuilding the countries of Europe and repelling communism after World War II. 2. A region under the political control of a distant country. 3. The speed of sound. 4. Prevention of war by convincing an enemy that if he attacks, he will be destroyed by nuclear weapons. 5. An object that orbits another object in space, such as a planet. 7. On 14 October 1947 the barrier was finally broken. 9. A worldwide organization first formed in 1945 by victorious Allies to maintain international peace. 11. A line north or south from Earth's equator and parallel to it. 13. Transportation of personnel or material by air. 122

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6 E. Fill in the Blanks: 1. The size of the military after World War II, just as it had after World War I. Yet the government was rethinking how to. 2. The National Security Act of 1947 established three branches within the National Military Establishment: the Department of the, the Department of the, and the Department of the. 3. Today there are many means of delivering, including submarines. But just after World War II, only airplanes could do this job. 4. The was the political, economic, and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. 5. The purpose of multiple methods for delivering nuclear weapons is to ensure that United States can if it is attacked. 6. The United States joined NATO because it was intent on keeping from spreading around the globe. 7. After World War II, the Allies divided Germany into two parts. The Soviets controlled East Germany, where they set up a. The Western Allies controlled West Germany, where they set up a. 8. Gen Lucius Clay took action; the would prevent the takeover of West Berlin through a massive. 9. On 25 June 1950, military forces crossed the 38th parallel in a move to South Korea. 10. Rather than using long-range strategic bombing as it had in World War II, the US Air Force often conducted in Korea. 124