Commander in chief Quote by Walter R. Borneman

The air battle is not necessarily won at the time of the battle. The winner may have been determined by the amount of time,…

— Pappy Boyington

“A fair fight comes from poor planning. Your goal is an unfair fight. You want to use every trick, artifice, and deceit possible to…

— H. Paul Honsinger

Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the pilot who…

— Robert S. Johnson

The qualities that made for success in a fighter-pilot seemed to be just those sturdy qualities that made for success in other professions; observation,…

— Jim Bailey

“Colonel Ridge Zirkander isn’t the model of military professionalism—he has a tendency to say exactly what’s on his mind, and his record has enough…

— Lindsay Buroker

During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as…

— Adolf Galland

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

— Elia Kazan

“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.”

— Arthur Nicholson

A fighter can be a winner, but that doesn't make a winner a fighter.

— Markus Zusak

I'm not a fighter. I don't like to get beat up.

— Brett Gelman

The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock.

— Werner Molders

I won't say I'm the best fighter on the planet, but I can knock anyone out.

— Dillian Whyte