Chapter 1 Flashcards
(59 cards)
In what year did President Nixon end the draft in favor of an all volunteer military
1973
By 1975 the AF combat training, now more realist and dangerous, had evolved into Red Flag T/F
True
Name the highly accomplished innovative genius who founded Red Flag
Col Richard “Moody” Sutter
List two post Vietnam technological improvements and the aircraft that exemplified them
- Highly maneuverable dogfighting aircraft armed with missiles and cannon (F-15 and F-16)
- Detection Avoidance (F-117)
What drove the AF to develop stealth technology such as special paints materials and designs to reduce or eliminate ACFT radar, thermal an electronic signatures
The danger posed by radar guided antiaircraft artillery and surface to air missiles in Vietnam
Precision technologies changed AF doctrine from its focus on strategic bombing to ____ bombing with no collateral damage
Pinpoint
Why did the AF and army update the air land battle tactical doctrine published in filed manual 100-5
To overcome numerically superior Warsaw Pact Forces
Which acft was procured to make deep air attacks on enemy armies to isolate them on the battlefield conduct battlefield air interdiction to prevent enemy reinforcements from reaching the front, disrupt the movement of secondary forces to the front and provide CAS to army ground forces
The A-10 Thunderbolt II
What operation in April 1980 led to disaster at the Desert One refueling site
Operation Rice Bowl (Subsequent inquires led to a reorganization and revitalization of US special Operations Forces)
In what decade did the AF test new ideas and technologies in crisis support missions
the 1980s
US forces rescued American students and restored order to Grenada in October 1983, during operation Urgent Fury. What problems were discovered during the operation
Problems with command, control, planning and intra service and intera service coordination
In April 1986 President Reagan mobilized England based F11s to strike Libya during operation ____ exposing ongoing target identification and intelligence difficulties, punctuated by inaccurate bombing
Operation Eldorado Canyon
Operation just Cause in 1989 tested air operations in panama. What Aircraft debuted during the operations
The F-117 Nighthawk
Whose flexible response nuclear war doctrine of the early 1960s lacked the technology to match its vision of adapting to meet cold war crises
President Kennedys
Technological improvements led to the DoD developing multiple independently traceable reentry vehicles in the early 1970s. This allowed three or more warheads to be mounted on each ICBM and submarine launched ballistic missile T/F
True
Which doctrine was based on the theory that super power strategic nuclear forces could be sized and projected to survive a nuclear attack and retaliate with sufficient force to destroy the enemy
The doctrine of mutually assured destruction (It provided deterrent insurance, as no rational leader would start a nuclear war with such results)
What was the Missile Defense Alarm System
The first attempt at a space based, long range missile attack detection and warning system
After Vietnam, Us and ____ spending for weapons and related systems escalated into what appeared to be an unlimited strategic arms race
Soviet
What treaty was signed on 26 May 1972 limiting the US and USSR to two Anti Ballistic Missile sites each
The anti Ballistic Missile Treaty
What treaty limited the number of nuclear weapons held by the US and USSR, with the objective of freezing numerical growth and destabilizing characteristic of each sides strategic nuclear forces
The strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Post Vietnam, what type of technological advances significantly enhanced weather and communications support
Satellite advances
What was the defense satellite applications program
A dedicated military weather satellite system
Increased defense spending in the early 1980s resulted in more mature ____ and ____ programs, most of wich are still in service, to replace the systems of the 1960s and 1970s
Space and missile
In the early 1980s the AF developed ____ infrastructure and launch support bases necessary to get satellites into space
Ground Based
