Air power Quote by John W. Weeks

“General Pershing now had what he wanted: proof that the AEF was the equal of its allies and the enemy. British generals, however, were…

— Joseph E. Persico

I think General Pershing was the most military figure I've ever seen.

— Frank Buckles

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone…

— Winston Churchill

It is highly unlikely that an airplane, or fleet of them, could ever sink a fleet of Navy vessels under battle conditions.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy,…

— Petra Kelly

I-uh-have the utmost respect for Yamamoto-san. If it had not been for him, there would be no naval aviation. However-the most brilliant man can…

— Chuichi Nagumo

That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was a salutary…

— Richard Hough

The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane,…

— Christopher Cockerell

You may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't the important thing. I…

— Howard Warren Buffett

I was a child of World War Two . I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the…

— Anonymous

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming…

— Winston Churchill

It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.

— Adolf Galland