CAP Learn to Lead Chapter 14 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)-
What were Germany's three critical mistakes in its use of airpower,
as determined by Gen Spaatz? -
correct answer ✅•Inadequate armament on the bombers;
•No capability for precision bombing;
•Use of the fighters in close support of the bombers instead of in
general support
Define the term "strategic bombing" -
correct answer ✅Strategic bombing may be defined as being an
independent air campaign, intended to be decisive, and directed
against the essential war-making capacity of the enemy
Name the three principles of combat that strategic bombing takes
advantage of -
correct answer ✅• The principle of mass
• The principle of objective
• The principle of economy of force
What are five lessons that the United States learned from the use
of strategic air power in World War II? -
correct answer ✅•The United States learned that the time given
, CAP Learn to Lead Chapter 14 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)-
for building up weapons and planes and manpower were essential
for the success in the war.
•That the air power in the war had to develop its own strategy:
fighting in 3D. In particular the principle of mass.
•One must control the air. It is absolutely vital.
•Take advantage of the enemy's mistakes.
•Strategic Air Power could not have won the war alone. It needed
ground troops
What are the two questions of airpower theory that the Air Corps
Tactical School sought to answer? -
correct answer ✅•What are the vital elements of an enemy
nation's power?
•How can airpower sufficiently endanger them to change an
opponent's behavior?
What was the operational context in which the ACTS theorists
developed their airpower theories? -
correct answer ✅The ACTS theorists wrote to create a central role
and mission for the fledgling Air Corps. After WWI the Air Service
was a mess and it needed a theory to make it special and note just
a tool of the ground pounders. Thus ACTS theorists posited a
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)-
What were Germany's three critical mistakes in its use of airpower,
as determined by Gen Spaatz? -
correct answer ✅•Inadequate armament on the bombers;
•No capability for precision bombing;
•Use of the fighters in close support of the bombers instead of in
general support
Define the term "strategic bombing" -
correct answer ✅Strategic bombing may be defined as being an
independent air campaign, intended to be decisive, and directed
against the essential war-making capacity of the enemy
Name the three principles of combat that strategic bombing takes
advantage of -
correct answer ✅• The principle of mass
• The principle of objective
• The principle of economy of force
What are five lessons that the United States learned from the use
of strategic air power in World War II? -
correct answer ✅•The United States learned that the time given
, CAP Learn to Lead Chapter 14 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)-
for building up weapons and planes and manpower were essential
for the success in the war.
•That the air power in the war had to develop its own strategy:
fighting in 3D. In particular the principle of mass.
•One must control the air. It is absolutely vital.
•Take advantage of the enemy's mistakes.
•Strategic Air Power could not have won the war alone. It needed
ground troops
What are the two questions of airpower theory that the Air Corps
Tactical School sought to answer? -
correct answer ✅•What are the vital elements of an enemy
nation's power?
•How can airpower sufficiently endanger them to change an
opponent's behavior?
What was the operational context in which the ACTS theorists
developed their airpower theories? -
correct answer ✅The ACTS theorists wrote to create a central role
and mission for the fledgling Air Corps. After WWI the Air Service
was a mess and it needed a theory to make it special and note just
a tool of the ground pounders. Thus ACTS theorists posited a
