Sir, the fighter director reports that last attack pulled our entire fighter cover down to sea level.
6 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:41:38.518 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You got him! Nice going, Manson.
- Mabel Leader to Hustler 2, three bandits at twelve o'clock diving on you!
- Roll out, Tom! Roll out! Climb, climb!
- We've crushed every one of their air attacks, and not one torpedo has even come close.
- Sacrifice themselves like samurai, these Americans.
- They're off now, wave-hopping after the survivors.
- We have no fighter umbrella over us?
- No, sir. We're trying to recall them, get them back up to the patrol altitude.
- How many fighters are standing by to cover our attack against the American carrier?
- Barely enough to do the job, sir.
- They're American carriers, no doubt about it, Yorktown class.
[...]