Combat Quotes

519 quotes by 412 authors

To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite think fast, and act faster. — John Trevor Godfrey
I didn't turn with the enemy pilots as a rule. I might make one turn to see what the situation was but not often. It… — John C. Meyer
Beware the lessons of a fighter pilot who would rather fly a slide rule than kick your ass! — Ron McKeown
For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft — Jim Lovell
Every day kill just one, rather than today five, tomorrow ten . . . that is enough for you. Then your nerves are calm and… — Erich Hartmann
The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot. — Wystan Hugh Auden
To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure… — Jimmy Doolittle
The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock. — Werner Molders
It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory… — Adolf Galland
It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent. — James Ira Thomas Jones
I gained in experience with every plane shot down, and now was able to fire in a calm, deliberate manner. Each attack was made in… — John Trevor Godfrey
As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes… — Adolf Galland
Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think… — Pappy Boyington
How this can happen is a mystery to us. — Ray Henault
Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance. — Manfred von Richthofen
If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better. — Erich Hartmann
If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains. — Manfred von Richthofen
I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice. — Madeleine Albright
There's something wonderfully exciting about the quiet sing song of an aeroplane overhead with all the guns in creation lighting out at it, and searchlights… — John Dos Passos
It was no picnic despite what anyone might say later . . . . Most of us were pretty scared all the bloody time; you… — Colin S. Gray

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