Carl Andrew Spaatz quotes
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“The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out sustained operations without prohibitive losses.”
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“Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.”
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“In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in its own right and worthy of the faith of its prophets.”
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“If we succeeded, we will have the primary satisfaction of ending the war”
-- Carl Andrew Spaatz -
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Source : Quoted in James Charlton, The Military Quotation Book (1990)
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“...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.”
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Source : Robert Fitzgerald, Ed Dowling, Bill W. (1995). “The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S. J. and Bill Wilson in Letters”, p.32, Hazelden Publishing
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