Air Quote by Winston Churchill

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

— Winston Churchill

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

— Thomas Hardy

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

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

Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.

— Billy Mitchell

Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence.

— Giulio Douhet

When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the…

— Timothy McVeigh

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything…

— Anonymous

In any form of attack it is essential to assail your opponent from behind.

— Oswald Boelcke

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The best way to defend the bombers is to catch the enemy before it his in position to attack. Catch them when they are…

— Robin Olds

They say that the best form of defence is attack, but maybe I have to take a look at how I defend.

— Kyle Walker