There's some pretty funny stuff here. But, it's all true.
so says my friend!


>'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just
>bombed.' - U.S. Air Force Manual
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>'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
>encountered automatic weapons.'
>- General MacArthur
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>'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.' - U.S.
>Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant
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>'Tracers work both ways.' - U. S. Army Ordnance
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>'Five second fuses only last three seconds.' - Infantry Journal
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>'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
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>'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown
>Marine CorpsRecruit
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>'If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him!' - USAFAmmo
>Troop
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>'Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For
>I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.' -SR-71 pilot
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>-------------- -------------- -------------
>'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F.
>Crickmore (test pilot)
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>'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
>helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough
>power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'
>------------ --------- ------- -- ---------
>'Even with ammunition, the Air Force is just another expensive flying
>club.'
>----------- --------- --------- ---------
>'What is the similarity between Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) and
>pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .....
>The pilot dies.'
>------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
>'Never trade luck for skill.'
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>The three most common expressions (or famous last words), in aviation
>are:
>'Why is it doing that? 'Where are we?' And; 'Oh [auto-censored]!'
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>'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully
>complete the flight.'
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>'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!'
>----------- --------- --------- ---------
>'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
>person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about
>it.'
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely
>kill you'
>- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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>'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
>- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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>'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full
>power to taxi to the terminal.'
>------------ --------- --------- ---------
>As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft , having torn
>off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives;
>the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?'
>The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'
>- Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)

Good ones enjoyed all of them.
Here's one from an NBC officer at Ft Sill,
" Always!, before picking a soldier to unmask , to test the air after a chemical attac, make sure you secure thier weapon first. "

thats true..

Hi Bender,

You forgot one:
Incoming bullets have the right of way.

Peter

Bender:
Heres one from a poster in a battalion commander's office. "remember, friendly fire isn't friendly."

these are good ones ..

Also forgotten:

Recoilless rifles - aren't
No inspection ready unit ever passed combat
No combat ready unit ever passed inspection