'Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer our friend!'
- Infantry Journal -

'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
- Unknown Author -

'Don't eject directly over the area you just bombed.'
- US Air Force Manual -

'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General MacArthur -

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

'Tracers work both ways.'
- Army Ordnance Manual- 

'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'
- Infantry Journal -

The three most useless things in aviation are: 
  Fuel in the bowser; 
  Runway behind you; 
  and 
  Air above you.
- Basic Flight Training Manual -

'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- Naval Ops Manual -

'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown Infantry Recruit -

'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.'
- Infantry Journal -

'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'
- Sign over SR71 Wing Ops -

'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
-Paul F.Crickmore (SR71 test pilot) -

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

'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
- Fixed Wing Pilot -

'When one engine fails on a twin-engine plane, you still have enough power to get you to the scene of  the crash.'
- Multi-Engine Training Manual -

'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'
- Unknown Author -

'If you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echos.' If you stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because by then you'll be the pilot.'
- Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot -

'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
  If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; 
  but 
  If ATC screws up.... the pilot dies.'
- Sign over Control Tower Door -

'Never trade luck for skill.'  - Author Unknown -

The three most common expressions in military aviation are: 
  'Did you feel that?' 
  'What's that noise?' 
   and
  'Oh S...!'
- Authors Unknown -

'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
- Basic Flight Training Manual -

'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.'
- Emergency Checklist -

'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can barely kill you.'
- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) -

'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
- Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ -

'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.' 
-Lead-in Fighter Training Manual -

The test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, wings and tail torn off; the crash truck arrives. The driver notes the bloodied pilot and asks,' What happened?' The pilot replies: 'I don't know, I just got here!
- Unknown Author -