Would not the sight of a single enemy airplane be enough to induce a formidable panic? Normal life would be unable to… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
The Air Force comes in every morning and says, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb' ... And then the State Department comes in and says,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
In the early stages of the fight Mr. Winston Churchill spoke with affectionate raillery of me and my "Chicks." He could have… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
Desert Storm was a war which involved the massive use of air power and a victory achieved by the U.S. and multinational… — Merrill McPeak Copy Share Image
Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only… — Alexander P. de Seversky Copy Share Image
I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
Using overwhelming air power to utterly and completely destroy ISIS. To put things in perspective, in the first Persian Gulf War, we… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The best defence of the country is the fear of the fighter. If we are strong in fighters we should probably never… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
As a peace machine, it's value to the world will be beyond computation. Would a declaration of war between Russia and Japan… — John Brisben Walker Copy Share Image
In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear… — Carl Andrew Spaatz Copy Share Image
Air power and military are meant to fight the enemy and not your own citizens... How do you differentiate a Maoist?... It… — Kishore Chandra Deo Copy Share Image
The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going to be… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
The greatest contributor to the feeling of tension and fear of war arose from the power of the bombing aeroplane. If all… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
That idea is so damned nonsensical and impossible that I'm willing to stand on the bridge of a battleship while that nitwit… — Newton D. Baker Copy Share Image
The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out… — Carl Andrew Spaatz Copy Share Image
I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for… — Frontinus Copy Share Image
This strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can… — Philip Alston Copy Share Image
The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
The sky over London was glorious, ochre and madder, as though a dozen tropic suns were simultaneously setting round the horizon .… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I am purely evil; Hear the thrum of my evil engine; Evilly I come. The stars are thick as flowers In the… — Ethel Mannin Copy Share Image
Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust… — Henry H. Arnold Copy Share Image
We need to do whatever is necessary to utterly defeat ISIS…We're not using our overwhelming air power. We're not arming the Kurds.… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been… — Ferdinand Foch Copy Share Image
We were once told that the aeroplane had "abolished frontiers"; actually it is only since the aeroplane became a serious weapon that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image