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

"The memory of Desert One propelled a generation, of which I am a part, to assure that America would never again repeat that searing, transforming experience of the 25th of April 1980."

Source: Gen. Norton Schwartz (USAF), speaking on the 25th anniversary of "Operation Eagle Claw." Otherwise known as Desert One, the mission to rescue 53 US hostages held by militants in Iran was aborted. Eight air crewmen were lost. But even though the mission failed, it served as an inspiration to citizens and service members alike -- to honor those who've fallen in the line of duty.

FMI: www.remember.gov/index.cfm