Planer Cabinet
Aviation Quotes (Right Door)

AIR SUPREMACY

“Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.”
   -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

“The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adopting compromise solutions.”
   -- General Erwin Rommel, German Army.

“In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary – and sufficient – to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.”
   -- General Giulio Douhet, Italian Army.

“The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out sustained operations without prohibitive losses.”
   -- General Carl A. “Tooey” Spaatz, USAF.

“A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.”
   -- General H.H. “Hap” Arnold, USAAF.

“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.”
   -- Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

“But I have seen the science I worshipped and the airplane I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.”
   -- Charles Lindbergh.

“A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.”
   -- General H.H. “Hap” Arnold, USAAF.

“Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence.”
   -- General Giulio Douhet, Italian Army.

“Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.”
   -- Major Alexander Seversky, USAAF.

“Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and – in the eventuality of war – as the devastating force to destroy an enemy’s potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war.”
   -- General Omar Bradley, US Army.

“The only proper defense is offense.”
   -- Air Vice Marshal J.E. Johnson, RAF.

“Offense is the essence of air power.”
   -- General H.H. “Hap” Arnold, USAAF.

“The advent of air power, which can go straight to the vital centers and either neutralize or destroy them, has put a completely new complexion on the old system of making war.”
   -- General William “Billy” Mitchell, US Army.

“If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.”
   -- General Nathan F. Twining, USAF.

“Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.”
   -- Winston Churchill.

“If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future of the United States looks good.”
   -- General Curtis LeMay, USAF.



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