Air Force Quotes

[MaXimMaRz]

" Respect it's engine sounds and in return it will be faithful as a dog and powerful like a horse"
- K . J (RIP)

 

[fatman17]

Great pilots are made not born.... A man may possess good eyesight, sensitive hands, and perfect coordination, but the end product is only fashioned by steady coaching, much practice, and experience.
-- Air Vice-Marshal J.E. Johnnie Johnson, RAF

 

[Muradk]

7th Sep 1971

Atta there is a Gnat behind you oh yeah look behind you.

Muradk logbook entry 9.30am 7th Sept 1971. Over Kashmir.

 

[Wingman]

I never went into the air thinking I would lose.
Commander Randy Cunningham,
USN, Vietnam Ace

 

[Wingman]

" F-6(Mig-19), Double Engine, Tripple Gun, Dozen Dozen Dozen..."

PAF Pilots

 

[jawadqamar]

PAKISTAN AIR FORCE


PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE
Type Active Stored Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT
A-5 39
F-5 30
F-7 144
F-16A/C 25 12
JF-17 8 142
Mirage IIIEL/EP/OF/RP 82
Mirage 5EF/F/PA 91
SPECIAL MISSION
Saab 2000 (AEW) 5
TANKER
Il-78 4
TRANSPORT
Citation Excel 1
C-130B/E/L-100 16 1
CN-235 3??
F27 1
Falcon 20 3
Gulfstream IV 1
King Air 200 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AB205 5
IAR316 3??????
Mi-171 4
Mi-35 10
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F-16B/D 21 6
FT-5 25
FT-6 9
FT-7 9
K-8 24 10
Mirage IIIBE/BL/D/DP 19
Mirage 5DPA 2
SA316 7
T-37 18
PAKISTAN ARMY
Type Active Stored Ordered
TRANSPORT
Citation Bravo/V 2
Turbo Commander 840 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AH-1F/S 39
AS350 10
Bell 206 10
Bell 412 21
Mi-17 85
SA316 10
SA330 25
UH-1H 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Bell 206 9
PAKISTAN NAVY
Type Active Stored Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION
ATL-1 (MPA) 6
P-3C (MPA) 4 5
TRANSPORT
F27 5
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Lynx HAS3 3
SA316 6
Sea King-45 6
Z-9C 18?? 6

Saab 2000 (AEW) 5
Mi-35 10
AH-1F/S 39
Mi-17 85
Mi-171 4

 

[fatman17]

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.
-- Chuck Yeager

 

[mean_bird]

Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

[air marshal]

Everything that I had worked for, studied, learned, trained for, for 30 years, Came together in that split second in time, that moment.

---- Brig. Gen. Steve Richie on the time when he got his third and fourth kills in one minute-twenty nine seconds

 

[air marshal]

To get ability you need good training.

---- Colonel Erich Bubi Hartmann, GAF

 

[Wingman]

A Fighter without a Gun.....is like airplane without a wing
Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, USAF

 

[Wingman]

"Why let rank lead, when ability can do it better"

Commander Randy Cunningham,
USN, Vietnam Ace

 

[Wingman]

" In the air you cannot find a general or colonel. Who has the most kills, he was the leader.....It worked very well in the war"

Colonel Erich Bubi Hartmann, GAF

 

[fatman17]

Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory.
-- James McLaughlin

 

[RPK]

landing should be equal to Take off to became best pilot--- by someone