Murphy's Laws of Aerial Combat
Remember that your high-tech aircraft was made by the lowest bidder.
If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
Never fly with a pilot braver than you.
Friendly fire - isn't.
No OPLAN survives initial contact.
The important things are always simple, the simple things are always hard.
Teamwork is essential, it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.
Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, especially during both.
Anything you do can get you killed, including nothing
Tracer bullets work both ways
If you make more than your fair share of objectives, you will be given more than your fair share of objectives to take.
No combat ready unit ever passed inspection.
No inspection ready unit ever passed combat.
Military intelligence is a contradiction.
Weather isn't neutral
Air defense's motto: "shoot 'em down; sort 'em out on the ground"
killing for peace is like screwing for virginity
The one item you need is always in short supply
It's not the bullet with your name on it that you've got to worry about; it's the one addressed "to whom it may concern".
Operational experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.
Cover your Buddy, so he can be around to cover you.
Letters from home are not always great.
The madness of war can extract a heavy toll. Please have exact change.
Decisions made by someone over your head will seldom be in your best interest.
Sometimes, being good and lucky still was not enough. There is always payback.
If everything is as clear as a bell, and everything is going exactly as planned, you're about to be surprised.
The BSR (Bang Stare Read) Theory states that the louder the sudden bang in the helicopter, the quicker your eyes will be drawn to the gauges.
The longer you stare at the gauges, the less time it takes them to move from green to red.
Gravity: It may not be fair, but it is the law.
It hurts less to die with a uniform on than to die in a hospital bed.
Air superiority is NOT a luxury.
Airspeed, altitude, and ideas all run out at the same time
Boxes of cookies from home must be shared.
A free-fire zone has nothing to do with economics.
The farther you fly into the mountains, the louder the strange engine noises become.
Medals are OK, but having your body and all your friends in one piece at the end of the day is better.
The only medal you really want to be awarded is the Longevity Medal.
The side with the fanciest uniforms losses.
Nomex is NOT fire proof.
There is no such thing as a fair fight, only ones where you win or lose.
Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem.
Flying is better than walking. Walking is better than running. Running is better than crawling. All of these however, are better than extraction by a Med-Evac, even if this is technically a form of flying.
If everyone does not come home none of the rest of us can ever fully come home either.
Cluster bombs are very accurate. They always hit the ground.
It's easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission
There is only one rule in war: When you win, you get to make up the Rules.
Murphy's Laws of Aerial Combat 
