Manuals :
IF the Enemy is in range, so are you.'

- Infantry Journal

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'It is generally inadvisable to eject over the

area you just bombed'

- U.S. Air Force Manual

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'Aim towards the Enemy'

- Instructions printed on U.S. Rocket Launcher

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'When the pin is pulled, Mr.Grenade is not our friend.'

- U.S. Marine Corps

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'Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate.

The bombs are guaranteed always to hit the ground.'

- USAF Ammo Troop

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'Whoever said the pen is mightier then the sword

obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'

- General MacArthur

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'Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.'

- Infantry Journal

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'You, you, and you. Panic. The rest of you come with me.'

- U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. (Mgysgt5)

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'Tracers work both ways.'

- U.S. Army Ordnance

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'Five second fuses only last three seconds'

- Infantry Journal

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'Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.'

- U.S. Navy Swabbie

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'Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.'

- David Hackworth

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'If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush.'

- Infantry Journal

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'No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.'

- Joe Gay

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'Any ship can be a minesweeper.. Once.'

- unknown

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'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'

- Unknown Marine Recruit

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'Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.'

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'If you see a bomb technician running, follow him.'

- USAF Ammo Troop

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'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'

- Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)

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'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'

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'Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.'

- From an old carrier sailor

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'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have
enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'

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'Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.'

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'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If
a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up.... The pilot dies.'

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'Never trade luck for skill.'

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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:

'Why is it doing that?', 'Where are we?' And 'Oh S...!'

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'Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.'

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'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to complete the flight successfully.'

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'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!'

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'Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag to store dead batteries.'

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'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground who is incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.'

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'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.'

- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)

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'A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.'

- Jon McBride, astronaut

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'Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.'

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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'

- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970

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'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'

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'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'

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As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives, the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?'.

The pilot's reply, 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'

- Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)