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LeMay, Korea, and the ICBMs

LeMay, Korea, and the ICBMs. Overview. General Curtis LeMay Korean Conflict US Intervention Air Power Results ICBMs Development Cuban Missile Crisis. “I don’t mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it’s the tough guys who lead the survivors.”.

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LeMay, Korea, and the ICBMs

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  1. LeMay, Korea, and the ICBMs

  2. Overview • General Curtis LeMay • Korean Conflict • US Intervention • Air Power • Results • ICBMs • Development • Cuban Missile Crisis

  3. “I don’t mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it’s the tough guys who lead the survivors.” Colonel Curtis E. LeMay, USA: to Lieutenant General Ira Eaker in England in 1943

  4. General Curtis LeMay • Navigator on B-17 as Lt in early airpower demonstration with ocean liner “Rex” in 1938 • Commanded units in Berlin Airlift • Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command (CINCSAC) • Air Force Chief of Staff

  5. LeMay’s Impact on the Air Force • More realistic training programs • Bottom line - Discipline • Procured personnel and aircraft • Bombers became airborne nuclear alert • Nuclear deterrence became a reality

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  7. Korean Conflict • National Security Council (NSC) directive 68 called for massive increase in defense spending to contain communism • Korea was the first test of American resolve

  8. Beginning of Korean Conflict • 25 June 1950 North Korea launches a surprise attack invading South Korea • Congress approved use of force to repel North Korean invasion (no formal declaration of war) • UN Security Council authorizes aid (Gen Douglas McArthur named Commander)

  9. Korean Conflict • UN forces saved at Pusan Perimeter by around the clock bombing & interdiction • McArthur launches surprise amphibious assault at Inchon • UN forces drive North Koreans back across 38th parallel and attempt to unify the country • China enters pushing the UN forces back

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  11. Air Power in Korean Conflict • First use of jet fighters on both sides • MiG-15 outperforms F-80 • MiG-15 retreats back to bases in China • Airspace south of Yalu known as “MiG Alley” • F-86 Sabre proves superior to the MiG-15 • Kill ratio of 10-to-1

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  13. Results of Korean Conflict • Counterland • Interdiction • Close-Air Support

  14. Deterrence and Missile Development • Snark • Atlas, Titan • Minuteman becomes the mainstay of SAC’s missile retaliatory force • NORAD established in 1957 • Single Integrated Operational Plan for using nuclear weapons (SIOP)

  15. Cuban Missile Crisis • U-2 Reconnaissance plane details Soviet missile launchers in Cuba • Missile force placed on alert status • President Kennedy chooses option of naval quarantine • Soviet Union backs down • “Flexible Response” doctrine evolves

  16. Summary • General Curtis LeMay • Korean Conflict • US Intervention • Air Power • Results • ICBMs • Development • Cuban Missile Crisis

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