Aviation Quote by Robin Olds

By Vietnam, the Jeep had given way to the helicopter, and it is hard to imagine a modern army fighting a war without this…

— Saul David

That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at…

— Anonymous

We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was…

— Adolf Galland

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept. There was a…

— John Boyne

Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.

— Chris Kyle

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

The Vietnam War was in full swing, the Air Force wanted me and I wanted out of Flint, so three years in the USA…

— Doug Rice

When I went to Vietnam in 1971 with Bob Hope, we went to Da Nang, which was a Marine base. I just have to…

— Jim Nabors

I had always realized it was desirable to gear down the jet.

— Frank Whittle

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

— George McGovern

So I do have this ambivalence. Obviously I'm against militaries, because of what militaries do. In many ways though, the air force was unmilitary-like.…

— George Carlin

The hardest thing for me in Vietnam wasn't seeing the wounded and dead. It was watching the big transport jets come in, bringing loads…

— Johnny Cash