How would airplanes be used in wartime?

Thus, the basic roles that aircraft would play in modern war were presaged in World War I: reconnaissance, air superiority, tactical ground support, and strategic bombing.

How could planes change how wars were fought?

Airplanes fueled further weaponry innovations as engineers assembled enormous anti-aircraft guns to provide ground-to-air defense. Most crucially, aerial bombing tactics changed the very fundamentals of ground warfare. Airplanes effectively negated that advantage and ended futile tactics like trench warfare.

Why did Congress authorize new planes?

Congress responded and authorized the procurement of 3,251 aircraft. The American aircraft industry was given impetus at the early part of the war by the demand from the British and French for aircraft to supplement their own domestic production.

What would happen to commercial aircraft if WW3 goes nuclear?

If WWIII goes nuclear it will be over in an hour or two. While commercial aircraft can obviously be used for transport missions (transporting troops or military cargo) unchanged, I believe the question is really about using commercial airliners for combat missions.

Can an aircraft be modified to perform combat missions?

So aircraft can be lightly modified to perform combat missions if they have the ability to carry external loads and some avionics to support the loads. However such aircraft would lack features found in military aircraft such as ejection seats.

How much damage do planes do when refueling?

When refueling, planes have only 5HP and no damage. Just be careful if enemy uses some patrol groups to protect them (see next part) or had some groups ready to counterattack when your groups return for refueling.

Can a civilian plane be turned into a military plane?

Although the plane is highly customized and lets be honest only servers a single military purpose it is, for what its worth a civilian plane (in a sense) that has been converted to a military function. Aircraft development seems to go the other way more often.