A Top World War II Ace Once Said That Fighter Pilots Fall Into Two Broad Categories: Those Who Go Out To Kill And Those Who, Secretly, Desperately, Know They Are Going To Get Killed...the Hunters And The Hunted. - SearchQuotes

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A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill and those who, secretly, desperately, know they are going to get killed...the hunters and the hunted.

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Men were going to die in the air as they had for centuries on the ground and on the seas, by killing each other. The conquest of the air was truly accomplished.

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I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway - but I have certainly seen other people have great complicated goes at one another.

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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.

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This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on.

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