{"id":3038,"date":"2021-05-05T07:05:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T01:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:08:25","slug":"air-power-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/05\/05\/air-power-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"96: Air Power Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset\u2014its flexibility .<\/span><\/p>\n

– Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery<\/span><\/p>\n

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2<\/span><\/p>\n

Air power is like poker. A second-best hand is like none at all\u2014it will cost you dough and win you nothing .<\/span><\/p>\n

– Gen George Kenney<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is \u00a0the offensive weapon par excellence .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0– Giulio Douhet<\/span><\/p>\n

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The air ocean and its endless outer space extension are one and indivisible, and should be controlled by a single homogeneous force .<\/span><\/p>\n

– Alexander P . de Seversky<\/span><\/p>\n

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If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0– <\/span>Field Marshal Montgomery<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After all, the great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy\u2019s aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure .<\/span><\/p>\n

– Winston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

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Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and\u2014in the eventuality of war\u2014as the devastating force to destroy an enemy\u2019s potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war .<\/span><\/p>\n

– Gen Omar Bradley<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future .<\/span><\/p>\n

– J . F . C . Fuller<\/span><\/p>\n

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9<\/p>\n

The other services have air arms\u2014magnificent air arms\u2014but their air arms must fit within their services, each with a fundamentally different focus So those air arms, when\u00a0<\/span>in competition with the primary focus of their services, will often end up on the short end, where the priorities for resources may lead to shortfalls or decisions that are suboptimum . It is therefore important to understand that the core competencies of air and space power are optional for the other services . They can elect to play or not play in that arena . But if the nation is to remain capable and competent in air and space, someone must pay attention across the whole spectrum; that is why there is a Air Force .<\/span><\/p>\n

– Gen Ronald R . Fogleman, USAF, retired, 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

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The very flexibility of air forces makes true cooperation essential . Air forces, at short notice, can be switched from one sort of target to another and, within limits, from one type of operation to a quite different type . There is, therefore, a constant temptation to use them piecemeal to meet an immediate requirement, rather than to use them on a long-term joint plan .<\/span><\/p>\n

– J . C . Slessor<\/span><\/p>\n

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1 Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset\u2014its flexibility . – Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery   2 Air power is like poker. A second-best hand is like none at all\u2014it will cost you dough and win you nothing . … <\/p>\n

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