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 of courage and occasional luck!

Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.