Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"With limited aircrews, a skeleton maintenance squad, a few spare parts and almost no support functions, the work carried out by this team is amazing. Every Airman here understands that to be doing anything else right now just wouldn’t seem right."

Source: Lt. Col. David Mobley, from the 17th Special Operations Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan and the deployed mission commander in Bangkok, on the remarkable job USAF crews have done to bring relief to Thai tsunami victims. So far, the Air Force has delivered more than 100 tons of supplies to the ravaged island of Phuket.

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