The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
ADOLF GALLANDThe first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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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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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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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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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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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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