Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder.

Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than life itself. This gallant Air Force hero will be remembered because he made his final contribution to aviation in the dangerous role of test pilot of an untried experimental plane, a deed that places him among the stout-hearted pioneers who gave their lives in the conquest of sky and space.

In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish!

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.