- "Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
- "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." - USAF
- "When the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
- "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual
- "Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance
- "Bravery is being the only one who knows you`re afraid."
- "If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF
- "Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ... I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena,Japan
- "You`ve never been lost until you`ve been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
- "The only time you have too much fuel is when you`re on fire."
- "Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky." --From an old carrier sailor
- "If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it`s probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."
- "When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."