"The folks who come here are hand-picked by their squadrons. We tend to get the top performers. We make them better by giving them a view of the latest and greatest tactics and threats."

"Some say we need a catchy moniker, like Top Gun. But that's not our style. We would rather be known in terms of our value to the US Air Force. The fighter world has always known who we are and what we do."

"We were the most versatile airplanes in the theater and we had pilots and ground crews for any of these missions. We gave the force a great deal of flexibility with our airplanes."