We use the Air Force analogy: there were expensive things they had to do to get a cockpit suitable for a lot… — L. Todd Rose Copy Share Image
I got into boxing for two reasons. One was that my father was a boxer. Secondly when I was young, all healthy… — Brian London Copy Share Image
The children are designated as "Air Force aides of the Hitler youth" and wear military uniforms and become used to handling the… — Friedrich Kellner Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, I was convinced that I could be selected as an astronaut. Ed White had been accepted, and we had flown together… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have… — Jodi Kantor Copy Share Image
“to test. Would weightlessness put them off their game? It did. The turtles moved “slowly and insecurely” and did not attack a… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Instead of giving the effort the level of attention needed, the Air Force has wasted a year doing very little to end… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“Back then, come July, and the blazers would again make their way out of the steel trunks and evenings would be spent… — Kunal Sen Copy Share Image
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Over the past eighteen years I have acted as a scientific consultant to the U.S. Air Force on the subject of unidentified… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
“Everyone standing on the road as the body went past had been so utterly silent, so still. There was no sound or… — Phil Klay Copy Share Image
In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the… — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
“The Pentagon maintained dozens of other specific relocation facilities for various agencies and units, including a backup facility for the Navy at… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
“In the summer of 1982, while Israeli armored tanks and gunships imposed a siege of another age on rampartless Beirut, cutting off… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
One of my favorite courses to teach is when we go to the Air Force. We've done a few at Air Force… — Eve Torres Copy Share Image
In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“The goal of Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee was to investigate all things related to German science. Target types ran the gamut: radar,… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“. Unable to find a master list of what military assets they could use, NORAD personnel opened phone lists and began to call… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
“On the wall facing him was an oil painting of two Spitfires taking off, a none-too-subtle reminder of the prime minister’s war… — Jeremy Duns Copy Share Image
I got my first patent in 1979 before I left the Air Force. I called it the Digital Distance Measuring Instrument. It… — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Leola Mae Harmon. I saw a movie about her on the Lifetime channel. Leola was an air force nurse who was in… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Some days I miss flying so much it makes my entire chest hurt, feels like I can't breathe sometimes. I try not… — Keary Taylor Copy Share Image
“The barriers placed in his path (working his way through the Cryptonomicon, breaking the Nipponese Air Force Meteorological Code, breaking the Coral… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“the defense establishment of the United States of America is so complicated, not to say baroque, that many different agencies can accomplish… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Two of my bread and butters are my ankle and knee. That's why I always wore high-tops. I had to protect my… — Rasheed Wallace Copy Share Image
In 1982, Israel began an invasion across its northern border, seeking to root out elements of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Israeli… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
“The Nazis' entrance upon the European stage did not, at first, alarm the British. After all, under the Versailles treaty, the size… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“Department of the Army Alternate Command Element (DACE), a plan whereby the branch’s leadership would be reconstituted by the faculty and staff… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that my family had achieved the American Dream, from being poor to starting a business to giving me… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
“After Natalie [Wood] and I got back from our honeymoon, I began The Hunters, with Robert Mitchum, directed by Dick Powell. I… — Robert Wagner Copy Share Image
“Caught between two global forces, Gehlen and Wessel chose the West. Coming to this realization, Gehlen and his organization made plans. Large… — Andrew Feinstein Copy Share Image
“onto one of the whirly-chairs, zooming around with his arms out, pretending to be an airplane. Zack watched as the rolling chair… — John Kloepfer Copy Share Image
“since the draw-down in forces triggered by the 2010 defense review, the units the Laundry can draw upon have been depleted. There… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Mr Speaker, Mr Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans, last month I went to Andrews Air Force Base… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The system left the Navy captain, Air Force major, or whoever happened to be on duty answering the phone in the Pentagon’s… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
I am an Air Force brat who grew up at various Air Force bases. I changed six schools in about five years… — Kapil Sharma Copy Share Image
“Lindbergh told Carl Jung that the United States Air Force investigated hundreds upon hundreds of UFO sightings without finding any evidence of… — Maximillien de Lafayette Copy Share Image
“Craig Bryan, a University of Texas psychologist and suicide expert who recently left the air force, told Time magazine that the military… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“What are you doing here?” He wasn’t annoyed, exactly. He just seemed to find my presence unexpected, the way you might be… — David Litt Copy Share Image