Air Power Quotes

“To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.”

“It is easier and more effective to destroy the enemy's aerial forces in their nests than to hunt them in the air.”

“No part of the enemy's territory will be safe from aerial attack.”

“A nation that has command of the air is in a position to protect its own territory and its own vital lines of communication.”

“The command of the air is the first and the most important of all the commands.”

“The bombers alone provided the means of victory.”

“If we had had the same air superiority as we finally did in the last six months of the war from D-Day on, the war would have been over, without a Russian in it, without a landing on the Continent, a year or 18 months sooner.”

“The first five days of the war will win it.”

“The key to air power is centralized control and decentralized execution.”

“Air power is the most difficult of all forms of military force to measure.”

“If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.”

“Air power is the dominant factor in modern warfare.”

“Strategic air power is the primary deterrent to war.”