Quotes

It is probable that future war will be conducted by a special class, the air force, as it was by the armored Knights of the Middle Ages.
-- Brigadier General William 'Billy' Mitchell, 'Winged Defense,' 1924.

I started shooting when I was much too far away. That was merely a trick of mine. I did not mean so much as to hit him as to frighten him, and I succeeded in catching him. He began flying curves and this enabled me to draw near.
-- Baron Manfred von Richthofen

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contended armies, the war must become a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
-- H. G. Wells

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset - its flexibility.
-- Field Marshall Bernard Mongomery

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adopting compromise solutions.
-- General Erwin Rommel

The advent of air power, which can go straight to the vital centers and either neutralize or destroy them, has put a completely new complexion on the old system of making war. It is now realized that the hostile main army in the field is a false objective, and the real objectives are the vital centers.
--Brigadier General William 'Billy' Mitchell, 'Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics,' 1930

Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate.
-- General H. H. 'Hap' Arnold, USAAF

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
-- Lt. General Adolph Galland, Luftwaffe.

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