Air Force Quotes

[Wingman]

"See, decide, attack, reverse."

Colonel Erich Bubi Hartmann, GAF

 

[fatman17]

If it doesn't work, rename it; if that doesn't help, the new name isn't long enough.
-- Unknown

 

[fatman17]

Passengers prefer old captains and young stewardesses.
-- Unknown

 

[fatman17]

Lady, you want me to answer you if this old airplane is safe to fly? Just how in the world do you think it got to be this old?
-- Anonymous

 

[RPK]

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[fatman17]

How about There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.
-- Anon. (First heard from an Aussis cropduster in Indonesia back in 1969).

 

[fatman17]

There's no kill like a guns kill.
-- Lt. Commander Joe Hoser Satrapa, USN
Gunnery Instructor

 

[fatman17]

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.
-- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

 

[fatman17]

Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I Am 80,000 Feet and Climbing.
-- Sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location on Kadena

 

[fatman17]

Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God.
-- Gordon Baxter

 

[fatman17]

To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.
-- Unknown

 

[fatman17]

Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
-- Rex Kramer (Robert Stack), Airplane! (1980)

 

[fatman17]

Wingman is only allowed to say three things: Two, Bingo, and Lead, you're on Fire
-- Anonymous

 

[fatman17]

The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.
-- Unknown

 

[ejaz007]

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill