“The thing about the Air Force or any branch of the military is that all of us were plucked away from our homes and our comfort zones and our families. So there was a solidarity in the military, a brotherhood.” HomeForceAirMilitaryComfortOur FamilyBranchesZoneBrotherhoodSolidarityComfort ZoneAir Force Author:Jon Huertas
“The air strikes are important [to fight ISIS], but we need to have an air force capable of it. And because of the budget cuts we are facing in this country, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force we have ever had. We have to reverse those cuts, in addition to the cuts to our Navy and in addition to the cuts to our Army, as well.” NeedsWellsImportantCountryFightingLeftForceCuttingAirCapableArmyStrikesBudgetsSmallestReverseNavyIsisAir ForceBudget Cuts Author:Marco Rubio
“You can't carpet bomb ISIS if you don't have planes and bombs to attack them with. And if we continue those cuts that we're doing , not to mention additional cuts, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force this country has ever had, and that leaves us less safe.” IfsCountryLeftForceCuttingAirSafePlanesBombsSmallestCarpetIsisAir Force Author:Marco Rubio
“We do need our defense capabilities. It is a fact that the cuts we are facing today and the cuts that Senator [Ted] Cruz would have supported would leave us with an even smaller Air Force and a smaller Navy than the one we are going to be left with.” NeedsLeftForceCuttingAirDefenseCapabilitySenatorsNavyAir ForceCruz Author:Marco Rubio
“As far as the command centers are concerned in Raqqa and to a lesser degree Mosul, cut those off. Do the same kind of thing that we did with Sinjar , working with our embedded special forces with the Kurds, shut off the supply route, soften them up, then we go in with specials ops followed by our air force to take them over. Those are things that work.” KindForceCuttingAirSpecialDegreesConcernedCommandRoutesEmbeddedAir ForceKurdsSpecial Forces Author:Benjamin Carson
“The challenge there is that ISIL doesn't have an air force, so the damage done there is not against ISIL, it's against the Syrian regime.” DoneForceChallengesAirDamageRegimesAir ForceIsil Author:Barack Obama
“Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.” YearsMadeForcePresidentCitiesAirNew YorkClothesClintonHeavyEightFlightPlanesNew York CityAmazedPresident BushFlewTuesdayAir ForceFlight AttendantAir Force One Author:Argus Hamilton
“We use the Air Force analogy: there were expensive things they had to do to get a cockpit suitable for a lot of pilots, like wraparound windshields, but their initial solutions, when they realized average didn't work, were adjustable seats. How in the world did they not already have adjustable seats in their planes? We're looking for adjustable seats for education, for basic things that we can do.” WorldUseForceCan DoAirSolutionsAveragePlanesSeatsExpensivePilotsInitialsSuitableAnalogiesAir ForceBasic ThingsCockpit Author:L. Todd Rose
“Few years ago I did a movie, Good Kill, about drone pilots and for four or five months I'm obsessed with the Air Force.” YearsForceFiveFourAirMonthsYears AgoObsessedPilotsAir ForceDrones Author:Ethan Hawke
“The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country. It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force. Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence? So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.” ShouldWarCountryGovernmentHappensWantedForceSupportAirHugeWeaponsPossessionHeavyRadicalIranAlsRequestMissilesCoalitionsAir ForceMilitiaDoorstepHezbollahYemenLegitimate Government Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“The aviation industry, including combat air force, has been traditionally developing here. It is the Russian Far East where the SU aircraft, which are well known worldwide, are manufactured.” WellsHas BeensForceKnownAirIndustryIncludingEastDevelopingAviationCombatWell KnownAir ForceAircraft Author:Vladimir Putin
“The Vietnam War was in full swing, the Air Force wanted me and I wanted out of Flint, so three years in the USA and that fourth one spent here in Vietnam really flipped my life around.” YearsWarWantedThreeForceAirUsaVietnamThree YearsFourthSwingsVietnam WarAir ForceFlipped Author:Doug Rice
“I was a Air Force kid. I got out of high school and I decided to join the military. I traveled and I was international before I got home. I did my thing in Japan, and I did it on big stages.” HomeBigsKidsSchoolForceAirStageMilitaryHigh SchoolDecidedInternationalJapanTraveledAir Force Author:Donnis
“When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.” YearsTwoThreeForceBlackWhiteGrowing UpGrowingAirLuckyBasketballThirdsWinterShoesPairsBootsAir ForcePair Of Shoes Author:Iman Shumpert
“I can assure our countrymen that India is safe in the hands of the brave warriors of our Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.” I CanHandsForceAirSafeIndiaArmyBraveWarriorCoastNavyAir ForceCountrymenArmy NavyCoast Guard Author:Narendra Modi
“As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.” MenShouldWritingBookForceBlackPresidentSupportRecordsAirRegretVoteExcitedBarackSettlingRanAnalysisSenateSymbolismPresident Barack ObamaAir ForceAir Force One Author:Julianne Malveaux
“When I was little, my dad was in the Air Force. He introduced me to Neil Armstrong, and Neil Armstrong signed my moon book. I had a little moon book, which I still have somewhere, and he signed it, and he died. It's true.” LittlesStillsBookForceAirDadMoonDiedMy DadAir ForceArmstrong Author:Rich Fulcher
“Certainly in the United States, you have a constituency in the form of the weapons laboratories, and you also have the branches of the armed services that are involved with nuclear weapons deployment, especially the naval submarine operations and also the air force's land-based ICBM operations. So they have a big lobby in Washington.” StatesBigsFormForceUnitedUnited StatesAirLandInvolvedWeaponsNuclearOperationsBranchesNuclear WeaponsLaboratoryAir ForceNavalDeploymentSubmarinesArmed Services Author:John Burroughs
“I worked there [on Pontiac] three weeks, got really sick of it, went back home and joined the Air Force.” HomeThreeForceAirWeekSickBack HomeAir Force Author:Johnny Cash
“In the Air Force, I had an old Wilcox Gay recorder, and I used to hear guitar runs on that recorder going (vocalizing) like the chords on "I Walk The Line." And I always wanted to write a love song using that theme, that tune.” WritingRunningWantedUsedSongForceLinesWalksAirGayGuitarThemeTunesChordsAir ForceRecorders Author:Johnny Cash
“My dad had a couple of professions in mind for me. He either wanted me to be a doctor because he said male doctors make a lot of money, or he wanted me to be a soccer player. Myself, I thought that I would really love being a pilot for the Air Force. I really wanted to be a part of the Air Force.” MindSaidWantedForceLove IsPlayerAirCoupleDadDoctorsMalesMy DadProfessionSoccerPilotsLots Of MoneyAir ForceSoccer Player Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“Being a Dodgers fan led to my first Air Force court-martial, but that's another story.” FirstsStoriesForceAirFansCourtAir ForceDodgers Author:George Carlin
“It's not as "cheap" as it's put out to be. One predator drone in one day of activity supposedly needs 168 people... to carry out the day's operations... They crash a lot. So when you calculate their costs, consider that the Air Force has said about a third of their drones have crashed.” PeopleNeedsSaidForceAirOne DayCostActivityThirdsOperationsCrashPredatorAir ForceDrones Author:Medea Benjamin
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“There are lots of grounds for hope in Israeli society. We are seeing Israelis getting fed up with war, looking for solutions. The youngest soldiers are refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. Some are volunteering for army combat units but are refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. We have the elite of the Israeli army, the air force pilots, some of them refusing orders which they consider illegal.” WarOrderForceSeeingAirSolutionsArmySoldierIllegalFedsTerritoryCombatPilotsElitesUnitsVolunteerIsraeliAir ForceFed UpIsraeli Army Author:Uri Avnery
“What was the invasion of South Vietnam, for example, in 1962, when Kennedy sent the Air Force to bomb South Vietnam and start chemical warfare? That's aggression.” ForceAirExampleSouthBombsChemicalsVietnamAggressionWarfareInvasionAir ForceChemical Warfare Author:Noam Chomsky
“My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.” ForceAirMajorsBasesHometownAir Force Author:Ang Lee