Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
ADOLF GALLANDI was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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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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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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