Ed Markey Quotes

We possess the most powerful air weapons in the Middle East. Our bombers, armed with missiles, our modern fighters—are capable of destroying Israel’s airfields and planes. We have no fear…

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?

The biggest hawks have never been in service.

I think, sir, that these aeroplanes are going to spoil war. When they come over I can only tell my men to cover their heads with hay and make a noise like a mushroom!

Aviation constituted a new and possibly decisive element in preventing or fighting a war, and I was in a unique position to observe European aviation - especially in its military aspects.

When the F-16 first was rolled out, there were many problems in the development. There were cost issues, and it ended up being one of the best planes the military has ever seen and kept this country protected and kept many jobs in the North Texas area.

We expect to be a prime in the fighter jet business for the long run. This is not a business we're getting out of at all.

Тhe battlefield in the air will be the decisive one

Afghanistan does have an air force: It has two C-130s. I saw one of them. It was nice, a gift from the United States. But two planes don't even make a Caribbean charter airline, let alone an air force for a country at war.

The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to have 50 caliber, also said daylight bombing was right provided the planes attacked in formation, with 50 caliber guns.

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

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 possible speed.

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.

McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15.

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.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.

The people of the United States must be awakened to a realization of their weakness in the matter of defense against hostile aircraft and they must be convinced that, if adequate protection is to be provided, they must spend money for the purpose.

A hostile airship hovering over London … could inflict enormous damage.

Military force is not the first option, but it is there if needed.

If they turn on their radars we're going to blow up their goddamn SAMs (surface-to- air missiles). They know we own their country. We own their airspace…We dictate the way they live and talk. And that’s what’s great about America right now. It’s a good thing, especially when there’s a lot of oil out there we need.

The future of the Navy is in the skies.