If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.
To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.
In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless.
Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air.
Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.
I was a child of World War Two . I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the only thing I wanted to do. And it had to be flying from sea carriers. Airfields were not enough.
My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.
Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.
Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land.