kennedy
President Kennedy sent US warships to blockade Cuba and prevent Soviet ships from delivering more nuclear materials to Cuba. This led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In WWI planes were used mostly for reconnaissance.
Reconnaissance, bombing and air combat.
Military planes are war planes; the US sent troops into the Soviet Union in the 1920's to put down some trouble.
soviet Union
Counting seaplanes, reconnaissance (scout) planes, and land based airplanes; there were approximately 300 aircraft apiece on each side.
Blitzkrieg using guns, tanks, planes, ships, and blimps for reconnaissance.
In WWI planes were used for reconnaissance until someone dropped grenades outside of their canopy. Then towards the end of the war fully tactical bombers were developed to dropped heavier explosives.
General Curtis Lemay, famous for his part in the mass air raids against Japan late in WW2, believed that President Kennedy acted too weakly during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At several points, he attempted to force the hands of the politicians by sending planes to provoke the Soviets and Cubans.
In 1962, U-2 spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missile installations in Cuba, which had the capability to strike the United States within minutes. This revelation led to a major confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The discovery heightened tensions and brought the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war, as the U.S. demanded the removal of the missiles and imposed a naval blockade around Cuba. Ultimately, the crisis was resolved through negotiations, but it marked a significant moment in Cold War history.
Fighter planes are designed specifically to shoot down other planes. It was in response to bombers and reconnaissance aircraft that they wanted to prevent from flying over the ground forces. Then there had to be aircraft to fly with the bombers to prevent the enemies fighters from shooting them down.
Interceptor planes and reconnaissance fighter planes have 2 pilots...the 2nd pilot is the navigator..he is in charge of the intercept radar (hes in charge of tracking the target and making the fastest flight path to it), taking pictures for reconnaissance or even "painting" targets for air strikes and sending them to a bomber and such...planes like the F 16 or F 22 are design to be scrambled ASAP and only to fight, have 1 pilot...