World War Ⅱ was a dramatic formative experience for a supremely confident group of airmen who were then, or would go on to become, general officers. It permanently colored their views on airpower, producing a deep faith in strategic bombing. The effect on the Air Force was far-reaching and long-lasting. For these so-called "bomber generals," the war was the seedbed of an absolutist belief in strategic airpower as decisive in warfare. These airmen, led by Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, believed in the supremacy of manned bombers and utility of atomic weapons. The intense postwar struggle for service independence and the advance of Soviet military power only reinforced this view.
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机译：第二次世界大战是对一群极其自信的飞行员的戏剧性形成经历，这些飞行员当时或将要成为一般军官。这使他们对空中力量的看法永久化，对战略轰炸产生了深厚的信心。对空军的影响是深远而持久的。对于这些所谓的“轰炸将军”而言，战争是绝对主义者相信战略空中力量对战事至关重要的信念。这些由柯蒂斯·E·李梅（Curtis E. LeMay）将军领导的飞行员认为，载人轰炸机至高无上和原子武器的实用性。战后为服务独立而进行的激烈斗争以及苏维埃军事实力的增强，仅是增强了这一观点。
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