1. Warm-Up – 10/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
What weapon became dominant as a result of World War II and what became the Navy’s primary weapon?
Describe how the U.S. learned best to use air power.
Describe the lessons learned in the European campaign.
Describe airpower’s role in the war.
Describe the lessons learned in the Pacific campaign.

2. Questions / Comments

3. Warm-Up – 10/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
What weapon became dominant as a result of World War II and what became the Navy’s primary weapon?
Describe how the U.S. learned best to use air power.
Describe the lessons learned in the European campaign.
Describe airpower’s role in the war.
Describe the lessons learned in the Pacific campaign.

4. Lessons Learned
The aircraft became the dominant weapon and the aircraft carrier became the primary naval weapon.

5. Warm-Up – 10/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
What weapon became dominant as a result of World War II and what became the Navy’s primary weapon?
Describe how the U.S. learned best to use air power.
Describe the lessons learned in the European campaign.
Describe airpower’s role in the war.
Describe the lessons learned in the Pacific campaign.

6. Lessons Learned U.S. learned how best to utilize air power
North African campaign taught Allies to centralize assets
Air superiority was the number priority of the air campaign

7. Warm-Up – 10/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
What weapon became dominant as a result of World War II and what became the Navy’s primary weapon?
Describe how the U.S. learned best to use air power.
Describe the lessons learned in the European campaign.
Describe airpower’s role in the war.
Describe the lessons learned in the Pacific campaign.

8. Lessons Learned American initial bombing doctrine did NOT work
New technology (Norden bombsight)
New tactics – escorted bombers
Helped gain air superiority in Europe

9. Warm-Up – 10/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
What weapon became dominant as a result of World War II and what became the Navy’s primary weapon?
Describe how the U.S. learned best to use air power.
Describe the lessons learned in the European campaign.
Describe airpower’s role in the war.
Describe the lessons learned in the Pacific campaign.

10. Lessons Learned
The flexibility of air power and the importance of it were prominently displayed during WWII.
From the combined actions of the Blitzkrieg to the island hopping campaign in the Pacific and the eventual atomic bombing of Japan

11. Warm-Up – 10/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
What weapon became dominant as a result of World War II and what became the Navy’s primary weapon?
Describe how the U.S. learned best to use air power.
Describe the lessons learned in the European campaign.
Describe airpower’s role in the war.
Describe the lessons learned in the Pacific campaign.

12. Lessons Learned
Pacific campaign taught U.S. that aircraft carriers and new tactics would turn the tide.
New bombs and tactics – multi- layered attack
High altitude to low altitude night bombing

13. Questions / Comments

14. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 16
1908 — Samuel Cody becomes the first man to fly in Britain.
Flying the British Army Aeroplane N°1, Cody flies for 1,391 feet before crashing.

15. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 16
1909 — German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin forms the world's first commercial airline.

16. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 16
1917 — Final testing is made for the United States Army-designed air-to-air radio communication system with a wireless set.
A distance of 25 miles is achieved.

17. Questions / Comments

18. October 2015 Mighty 8th Museum Chapter 5 Quiz 4 5 Chapter 4
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 4 5
Chapter 4
US Enters War
Pearl Harbor 6
European Campaign
North Africa 7
Theories of Early Air Power 8
D-Day
Chap 4 Quiz 9
Mighty 8th Museum 10 11 12
Pacific Campaign 13
Island Hopping 14
Doolittle Raid
Atomic Bomb
Chap 4 Test
1st Quarter Ends
Grades Due 15
Lessons Learned 16
FLIGHTLINE 17 18 19
Chapter 5
Military Developments
Separate Air Force
Wartime Advances 20
Jet Propulsion
“Vengeance Weapons”
Helicopters 21
Berlin Airlift
Korean War 22
Korean War 23
Chapter 5 Quiz
HALF-DAY SCHOOL 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 Quiz 31

24. Chapter 4 – Air Power Goes to War
Chapter Test

25. Questions / Comments