Kickass Quotes 4
French Mirage 2000D
Photo by Titan Miller
Fighter pilots by nature are cocky, aggressive and self-assured. How else would one go into war all by himself in a fighting machine?
Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Littlefield, USAF, 55th Fighter Group, 8 USAAF
Of course, hard-drinking, go for the girls, who cares about tomorrow attitude…makes for good copy for stories and papers. I think journalists may have over-reacted.
Flight-Lieutenant Douglas “Duke” Warren. RCAF, No. 66 and 165 Squadron, RAF*
All the fighter pilots I ever knew were sober, God-fearing men who were kind to little old ladies crossing the road and would much prefer to retire to bed early with a cup of cocoa and their aircraft manual than go on a run ashore and get stoned.
Captain Alan J. Leahy, RN, No. 810 Squadron*
*(Almost definitely some perverted effort to discredit a hard earned fighter pilot reputation.)
RAF Typhoon T1
Photo by Tom "TJ" Hill
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