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A lot of life's problems can be explained by theapplications of the common sense from these
recently declassified Military Secrets
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Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you- advice to new guy
F-18 Hornet
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'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal-
'Tracers work both ways.' - Army Ordnance Manual
A-10 Thunderbolta.k.a.-Warthog
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Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer for anything- USNavy
F-111 Aardvark
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'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' -Unknown Author-
CH-47 Chinook
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'Five second fuses last about three seconds.' - Infantry Journal -
C-130 Hercules AKA “Fat Albert” JATO rocket assist
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Blue Angels flying the F-18 Hornet
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as to occasionally see a dead general. - Field Marshal Slim
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Friendly fire - isn't.
Blue Angels flying the F-18 Hornet
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Airspeed, altitude, and brains. Two of these are always necessary to successfully complete the
mission - Basic Flight Training Manual
F-18 Hornet Carrier Take-off
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A-6 Intruder
If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. - Naval Ops Manual
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C-130 Hercules
Having lost sight of our objectives we need to redouble our efforts.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt
'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - Naval Ops Manual
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'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.' - Infantry Journal-
C-130 Hercules
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'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your “plight”
to a person on the ground incapable of
understanding or doing anything about
it.'
- Emergency Checklist
C-130 Hercules
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B-52 Bomber
Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground- US Air Force
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'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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'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur -
Apache Longbow
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'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
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Canadian T-33 Jet Trainer test ejection
A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.
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Sukhoi SU-27 missing canopy due to a test ejection
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly. - David Hackworth
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'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' - US.Air Force Manual -
Sukhoi SU-27
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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are: 'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh Shit!' -Authors Unknown-
Thunderbird Demonstration Team F-16 Falcon
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A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow- Gen George S. Patton
Thunderbird ejection prior to crash - pilot failed to set altimeter correctly before airshow
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Aim towards the Enemy. - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
F-18 Hornet - carrier landing approach
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When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend - USMC
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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When you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in combat.
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.' -Unknown Author-
F-22 Raptor
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RAF Harrier Jump Jet
Everyone wants peace – and they will fight the most terrible war to get it.- Miles Kington
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'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-
SR71 Blackbird
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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.
SR-71 Blackbird-the fastest aircraft in the world
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'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 60,000 Feet and Climbing.'
- Sign over SR71 Wing Ops-
SR71 Blackbird
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V-22 Osprey
'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter and therefore, unsafe.' - Fixed Wing Pilot
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We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.
B1B -Lancer
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You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other son-of-a-bitch die for his.
- General George S. Patton
F-4 Phantom
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B-2 Spirit & C-130 Hercules
'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'
-Multi-Engine Training Manual
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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 the bloodied pilot and asks,'What happened?' The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'
A-10 Thunderbolt
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'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
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography. - Paul Rodriguez
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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Blue Angels fly over Liberty Island and The Statue Of Liberty
Coffee tastes better if the latrines are dug downstream from an encampment. - US Army Field Regulations, 1861
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Military Secrets