In sea operations the airplane is just as much an integral part of the unity of operations as are the submarine, the destroyer and the battleship, and in land warfare the airplane is just as much a part of military operations as are the tank corps, the engineers, the artillery or the infantry itself.
This quote illustrates Roosevelt's belief in the integral role of air power in modern warfare alongside traditional military forces.
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