Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
ADOLF GALLANDThe fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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