A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame. — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The cavalry, in particular, were not friendly to the aeroplane, which it was believed, would frighten the horses. — Walter Alexander Raleigh Copy Share Image
Above all, I shall see to it that the enemy will not be able to drop any bombs. — Hermann Goring 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
There are a lot of people who say that bombing cannot win the war. My reply to that is that it has… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Are you aware it is private property? Why you'll be asking be to bomb Essen next. — Kingsley Wood Copy Share Image
"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense. — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks? — Hermann Goring 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
... then there was war in heaven. But it was not angels. It was that small golden zeppelin, like a long oval… — John Milton 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
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
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 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
Aviation is going to control the world economically and militarily whether we like it or not. Airpower is not merely military aviation,… — Roscoe Turner 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
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
I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet 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
I considered the attacks on London useless, and I told the Fuhrer again and again that inasmuch as I knew the English… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is,… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
Air power alone does not guarantee America's security, but I believe it best exploits the nation's greatest asset - our technical skill. — Hoyt Vandenberg Copy Share Image
What's the sense of sending $2 million missiles to hit a $10 tent that's empty? — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless. — Ferdinand Foch Copy Share Image
Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The weapon where the man is sitting in is always superior against the other. — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
It is not possible . . . to concentrate enough military planes with military loads over a modern city to destroy that city. — John Thomason Copy Share Image
As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future. — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
