Air Quote by Mikie Sherrill

My grandfather was a Tuskegee Airman. He flew with the 100th Fighter Squadron.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

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

— Harris Faulkner

My grandfather served as a gunner aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in the Pacific theater during WWII.

— Dana Loesch

I went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.

— Bobby Thomson

My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day.

— Craig Brown

My Dad, Sgt. Howard Scott, from tiny Washington, Vermont landed in Normandy and fought with his unit inland to St. Lo France where his…

— Phil Scott

My dad served in World War II and died on active duty after the war.

— Tommy Tuberville

I flew in combat in Vietnam. I got shot at, I shot back, I got shot down. Compared to this flight, I felt a…

— Dick Rutan

My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given this opportunity,…

— Valerie Plame

My father was stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, which had a hospital where they brought casualties straight from the battlefield. My…

— Annie Leibovitz

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very…

— Oded Fehr

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and…

— Eric Liu