Roald Dahl Quotes

In 2001, I was an Air Force lieutenant colonel and A-10 fighter pilot stationed in Saudi Arabia, in charge of rescue operations for no-fly enforcement in Iraq and then in Afghanistan.

My dad was a fighter pilot with the 210th Combat Aviation in Vietnam.

I never dreamed to be a fighter pilot, because those guys are jerks.

I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was another dream I had of flying, and once I did attend the air force academy, that dream of flying became more like a project, and I wanted to be a fighter pilot, which I did. I became a fighter pilot.

I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.

Afghanistan does have an air force: It has two C-130s. I saw one of them. It was nice, a gift from the United States. But two planes don't even make a Caribbean charter airline, let alone an air force for a country at war.

Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.

During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.

I've always wanted to be a fighter pilot. But I don't want to kill people. I'd hate to.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

When I was at high school, I thought it'd be nice to go into Air Force Academy and fly jets, but that was a very brief dream. Ha, ha. I'm too lanky to fit in the cockpit.

The biggest hawks have never been in service.

I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

For Dad, service took him many unexpected places. It summoned him and his crew mates to the skies over the Pacific Ocean in World War II. It took him to Capitol Hill, Beijing and eventually the Oval Office.

'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can.

I met lot of fighter pilots and heard their breathtaking experiences. They risk their lives for our well being. Not many understand the risks involved.

Everything in the air that is beneath me, especially if it is a one seater . . . is lost, for it cannot shoot to the rear.

I'm sure the most favorite airplane in my career would still be the Sabre F86 cleft wing , which allowed me to be credited with 2 Russian-built Mig-15 destroyed during the Korean War. Where I was in 1953.

The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.

Тhe battlefield in the air will be the decisive one

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.