Air Quote by Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.

— Winston Churchill

To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of operation and…

— Giulio Douhet

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must…

— Winston Churchill

Air superiority, which the United States has taken for granted since World War II, is no longer assured. And, without control of the skies,…

— Max Boot

If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the…

— William Halsey

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

— Jimmy Doolittle

In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war…

— Giulio Douhet

If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a…

— Alexander P. de Seversky

The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest…

— Giulio Douhet

Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share…

— Winston Churchill

Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy's…

— B. H. Liddell Hart