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Chapter Chapter 2 2 - - - <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> Adolescence Adolescence <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> Air Air P PPower:<br />

P ower: 1904 1904 -1919<br />

-1919<br />

25. In World War I, fighter aircraft were used to drive <strong>of</strong>f attacking bombers.<br />

26. Eddie Rickenbacker was America’s “ace <strong>of</strong> aces” in World War I.<br />

27. <strong>The</strong> Lafayette Escadrille was composed <strong>of</strong> France’s greatest aces.<br />

28. A lesson learned in World War I was — If you control the air, you can not be beaten; if you lose<br />

the air, you cannot win.<br />

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