Us Tactics - Air Warfare Flashcards
1
Q
What was the idea of Air Warfare?
A
•Bombing Vietnam until the Communists surrendered
2
Q
How much money was spent on air operations?
A
•$100 billion
3
Q
What was the name of the mission the USA would carry out where 200,000 tons of bombs were randomly dropped?
A
•”Carpet Bombing” which was “Operation Rolling Thunder”
4
Q
Where would most of these bombs be dropped and what effects would they have?
A
- Farmland
- Destroyed innocent people’s crops and animals
- Ineffective of defeating the enemy
5
Q
By the end of the war, Communists started getting anti-aircraft missiles from Russia, how many US planes were shot down?
A
•1,400
