Ben Facemyer

Debra Jizi
UWRT 1104-015
8 Nov 2016

Double Entry Journal

Citation:
Laslie, Brian D. "Training Tactical Fighter Pilots for War." The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and
Training after Vietnam. Lexington, KY: U of Kentucky, 2015. N. pag. Print. 1.
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Responses

The threat of the Soviet Union weighed

heavily on the minds of TACs commanders.
Most believed that war between the United
States and the Soviet Union was likely

I think this is one reason why the Air Force

changed the way that they trained and
prepared their pilots.

One of the major problems in air force

training prior to and during Vietnam was the
over reliance on missiles.

This is very true. During the Vietnam War

American pilots were not formally trained to
dogfight.