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Question 1: World War II served as a proving ground for ACTS doctrinal principles regarding the employment of airpower. Which of the following statements BEST describes factors which affected adherence to doctrinal principles in the years immediately following WWII?

A. Improvements in technology enhanced the effectiveness of Air Force weapons systems, which subsequently led to significant changes in airpower doctrine.
B. The success of the strategic bombing campaigns against Japan and Germany during WWII proved the efficacy of strategic bombing and forced the Air Force to alter its doctrine.
C. Technological advances that enabled the development and delivery of nuclear weapons caused the Air Force to focus its doctrinal thinking almost exclusively on nuclear warfare.

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Relevant lesson page: Cold War Doctrine

Question 2: During the Vietnam War, a number of political factors caused the Air Force to deviate from its established and proven doctrine. Choose the statement below which BEST summarizes the political factors which caused those excursions.

A. US policy of graduated response forced the Air Force to violate a number of its doctrinal principles.
B. Because of political factors, the Air Force failed to develop basic guiding principles regarding the employment of airpower.
C. Even though the political climate was favorable to centralized control of airpower in Vietnam, the Air Force failed to fully orchestrate airpower at the theater level.

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Relevant lesson page: Rolling Thunder—Objectives

Question 3: In the post-Vietnam War period, numerous influences, both internal and external to the Air Force, affected the service’s ability to properly apply airpower across the spectrum of conflict. Which of the following best represents one of those influences in this time period?

A. Air Force doctrine fully captured the lessons learned in the Vietnam War and put the requisite emphasis on conventional versus nuclear operations.
B. Air Force doctrine of the time was focused on the operational level of war and strongly influenced Air Force planning documents.
C. The Army's AirLand Battle doctrine took the lead in outlining the role for airpower during a conventional conflict.

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Relevant lesson page: AirLand Battle

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