Wed, Apr 09, 2003

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.09.03)

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.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly thought provoking or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day. Let us hear from you, folks!

Aero-News Quote of the Day

"At the time, for me, what I was thinking was, 'Well, you know, this could be the big one. Let's make sure we get it right."

Source: Lt. Col. Fred Swan (USAF), mission commander aboard a B1-B Lancer tasked with dropping four GBU-31 "bunker-buster" bombs on a building thought to house Saddam Hussein. So far, there's no confirmation that the Iraqi leader was killed in the raid. The building, a restaurant and residence, was reduced to a smoking hole in the ground.

FMI: www.defenselink.mil

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