1. 'Tracers work both ways.' - Army Ordnance Manual
2. 'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal
3. 'Five second fuses last about three seconds.' - Infantry Journal
4. 'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - Naval Ops Manual
5. 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
6. '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
7. '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
8. 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
   Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ
9. '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
10. 'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' US Air Force Manual
11. 'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, .... the pilot dies.' -- Sign over Control Tower Door
12. 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General Douglas MacArthur