An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

- Adolf Galland

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.

- Adolf Galland

The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favo…

- Adolf Galland

For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion. No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller. Accompanied by a whistling …

- Adolf Galland

Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet techni…

- Adolf Galland

Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to ma…

- Adolf Galland

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.

- Adolf Galland

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 hor…

- Adolf Galland

And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.

- Adolf Galland