Jimmy Doolittle Quotes

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

If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.

Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy.

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

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

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.

From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.

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

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.

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.

In the long run sea power will be no match for air power.

Carey wants proper air cover in case of war with Vermont.

The development of air power in its broadest sense, and including the development of all means of combating missiles that travel through the air, whether fired or dropped, is the first essential to our survival in war.

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.

I was with a Navy F-18 squadron, and I know a single squadron could finish off the entire Sudanese air force in a day.

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.

Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.

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

Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.

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.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

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

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.

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

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.