PPT-Airpower in the Post Cold War

1 Gulf War Background The Enemy The Plan of Attack Objectives Concept of Operations Five Strategic Rings Targets Phases of the Campaign Operations PROVIDE COMFORTNORTHERN WATCH The Conflict and Lessons Learned. National Security Act of 1947. Berlin Airlift. Curtis . LeMay. Korean Conflict. Cuban Missile Crisis. Overview. 2. Established the Department of Defense and created the Air Force . Executive Order 9877 outlined the main functions of the Air Force. Ending the Cold War:. Victory for Democracy. and Capitalism?. Ending the Cold War. “The Fall of . the Berlin Wall”. [2min Video, no commentary]. Ending the Cold War. I was 14 when I first went to Berlin and the wall was still firmly in place.. End of WW I Through WW II. 2. Overview. Background—The 1920s. . General Mitchell’s Crusade. The Air Corps Act of 1926. Air Corps Tactical School. Move To Autonomy in the 1930s. WWII Begins. The Battle of Britain. The Origins of the Cold War. The Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945, Crimean coast) is often considered the starting point of Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. ‘Big Three’ – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin were present. . End of WWI Through WWII. 2. Overview. Background—The 1920s. . General Mitchell’s Crusade. The Air Corps Act of 1926. Air Corps Tactical School. Move To Autonomy in the 1930s. WWII Begins. The United States Prepares for War. National Security Act of 1947. Berlin Airlift. Curtis . LeMay. Korean Conflict. Cuban Missile Crisis. Overview. 2. Established the framework for the future Department of Defense and created the Air Force . Airmindedness. Doctrine. Principles of War. Tenets of Airpower. Application of Airpower. Lighter-than-air Vehicles. Heavier-than-air Vehicles. Overview. 3. Early Uses of Airpower . Airpower in WWI. The Battle for Air Supremacy. End of WWI Through WWII. 3. Overview. Background—The 1920s. . General Mitchell’s Crusade. The Air Corps Act of 1926. Air Corps Tactical School. Move To Autonomy in the 1930s. WWII Begins. The United States Prepares for War. Defining Airpower. Airmindedness. Doctrine. Principles of War. Tenets of Airpower. Application of Airpower. Lighter-than-air Vehicles. Heavier-than-air Vehicles. Overview. 3. Early Uses of Airpower . Evolution of Airpower. Early Uses of Airpower. Airpower in WWI. Early Airpower Theorists. Overview. Montgolfier Brothers flew first . hot air . balloon in 1783. Union and Confederate . armies used balloons . 2. Overview. Background—The 1920s. . General Mitchell’s Crusade. The Air Corps Act of 1926. Air Corps Tactical School. Move To Autonomy in the 1930s. WWII Begins. The United States Prepares for War. 1. Gulf War Background. The Enemy. The Plan of Attack. Objectives. Concept of Operations. Five Strategic Rings. Targets. Phases of the Campaign . Operations PROVIDE COMFORT/NORTHERN WATCH. The Conflict and Lessons Learned. . . foreign . policy . (interventionist) & . efforts to end terrorism. Foreign Policy Post-Cold War. Do Now. On the “Unit 9 Important Dates Timeline” place “FP” next to any event that is connected to U.S. foreign policy. Military History. 3. rd. Quarter. Civil War, 1864-65. Interwar Years, 1865-1898. Reconstruction. The Indian Wars. Emergence in Global Affairs. Spanish-American War. Big Stick vs. Moral Diplomacy. Modernization and Reorganization.