The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
ADOLF GALLAND“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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This was my impression.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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