Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of… — B. H. Liddell Hart 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
Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors. — Carl Andrew Spaatz 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
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
The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected… — Seumas Milne Copy Share Image
We need to use overwhelming air power. We need to be arming the Kurds. We need to be fighting and killing ISIS… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
You would carpet bomb where ISIS is, not a city, but the location of the troops. You use air power directed -… — Ted Cruz 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
I think that there's an important point to make if you're running for president, which is that you tell the American people… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence. — Giulio Douhet 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
Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Pershing won [WWI] without even looking into an airplane, let alone gong up in one. If they had been of such importance… — John W. Weeks Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of… — Winston Churchill 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
“On Caladan, we ruled with sea and air power," the Duke said. "Here, we must scrabble for desert power. This is your… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“In this world, anything is possible. The United States might win a future war relying solely on air power for the first… — Frederick Kagan Copy Share Image
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it. — Franklin D. Roosevelt 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
I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image