i.      Reconnaissance

                                                               i.      Air resources should not be fragmented by being spread among ground organizations. They should be unified under a single commander who could concentrate them when and where they were needed.

                                                               i.      Mitchell amassed a large force of various  types of aircraft. The pursuit squadrons controlled the air, and the bombers and assault planes kept the enemy on the defense by striking vital areas

                                                               i.      The key to victory is air supremacy

                                                               i.      Targeting

                                                               i.      They increased US troop morale

                                                               i.      The invasion would have very likely failed had we not first attained near absolute air superiority thru sustained air attacks on the German Air Force.

                                                               i.      Heavy losses suffered by the Eighth AF bombers during missions against Germany indicated that escort planes would be required.

                                                               i.      IN the European theater, air attacks were concentrated against industrial areas, so the commanders did not favor bombing attacks against cities. In the Pacific theater, cities were considered a substantial part of the enemy’s war production and were made targets.

                                                               i.      B-29 attacks against priority iron and steel targets in Japan and Manchuria

                                                               i.      The 5^th Air Force dropping napalm within 50 yards of the UN frontlines.

                                                               i.      Better trained US pilots were able to defeat the Chinese pilots in the air.

                                                               i.      It was most effective when the enemy was forced into the open and forced to deplete their supplies

a.       True

    ii.      To inflict on the enemy the fewest possible causalities

                                                               i.      The Ch`i is encircling and strange

                                                             ii.      The Cheng is fixing and direct

                                                               i.      Government

                                                             ii.      People

                                                            iii.      Armed forces

                                                               i.      The dangerous nature of the battlefield

                                                             ii.      The physical exertion required to survive the battlefield

                                                            iii.      The impact of ambiguous information on “fog” of war.

                                                               i.      A soldier requires first moral and physical courage to enable him to perform a task at the appropriate time.

                                                             ii.      The commander requires foremost sound judgment to penetrate the psychological fog of war.

                                                               i.      The command was attacked thru the elimination of command and control centers

                                                             ii.      The infrastructure  was attacked  thru the destruction of key elements of the transportation system

                                                               i.      Transportations

                                                             ii.      Military forces

                                                               i.      Information

                                                             ii.      Force

                                                               i.      Using a centralized command and control structure because of the varied nature of its capabilities

                                                             ii.      Protecting friendly forces and their operations from enemy actions that could provide the enemy with an advantage.

                                                               i.      Operation of GPS satellites

                                                             ii.      Weather forecasting

                                                            iii.      Warning of ballistic missile attack

                                                               i.      Decrease the amount of collateral damage to areas surrounding critical targets.

                                                             ii.      Decreases the manpower at risk in enemy areas