When my brother and I built the first man-carrying flying
machine we thought that we were introducing into the world an invention
which would make further wars practically impossible.
? Orville Wright, 1917.
War is a nasty, dirty, rotten business. It's all right for
the Navy to blockade a city, to starve the inhabitants to death. But there
is something wrong, not nice, about bombing that city.
? Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur "Bomber"
Harris.
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to
put a roof on it.
? Franklin D. Roosevelt
ou can shoot down every MiG the Soviets employ, but if
you return to base and the lead Soviet tank commander is eating breakfast
in your snack bar, Jack, you've lost the war
? Anonymous A-10 Pilot, USAF
The best way to defend the bombers is to catch the enemy
before it his in position to attack. Catch them when they are taking off,
or when they are climbing, or when they are forming up. Don't think you
can defend the bomber by circling around him. It's good for the bombers
morale, and bad for tactics.
? Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.
The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.
? General Chuck Yeager, USAF, describing his first
confrontation with a Me262.
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without
a wing.
? Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.
We were stripped down, even the turrets were removed. You
were light and real fast, though. Our 12th squadron motto was 'Alone
Unarmed Unafraid.' As you can imagine, this actually translated into
something more like, 'Alone Unarmed and Scared s**tless.'
? Theodore R. 'Dick' Newell, Korean War pilot, 12th
TAC Reconnaissance Squadron, on flying the reconnaissance version of the
B-26.
When I took over my wing [in Vietnam], the big talk wasn't
about the MIG's, but about the SAM's ... I'd seen enemy planes before, but
those damn SAM's were something else. When I saw my first one, there were
a few seconds of sheer panic, because that's a most impressive sight to
see that thing coming at you. You feel like a fish about to be harpooned.
There's something terribly personal about the SAM; it means to kill you
and I'll tell you right now, it rearranges your priorities ... We had been
told to keep our eyes on them and not to take any evasive move too soon,
because they were heat-seeking and they, too would correct, so I waited
until it was almost on me and then I rolled to the right and it went on
by. It was awe inspiring ... The truth is you never do get used to the
SAM's; I had about two hundred fifty shot at me and the last one was as
inspiring as the first. Sure I got cagey, and I was able to wait longer
and longer, but I never got overconfident. I mean, if you're one or two
seconds too slow, you've had the schnitzel.
? General Robin Olds, USAF.
It was no picnic despite what anyone might say later . . .
. Most of us were pretty scared all the bloody time; you only felt happy
when the battle was over and you were on your way home, then you were safe
for a bit, anyway.
? Colin Gray, 54 Squadron RAF, W.W.II.
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