The Best 'Red Tails' Quotes, Ranked
- 1139 VOTES
Last Plane, Last Bullet, Last Man
Video: YouTubeJoe 'Lightning' Little: From the last plane, to the last bullet, to the last minute, to the last man, we fight!
Airmen: We fight!
- 256 VOTES
We Fight
Video: YouTubeColonel A.J. Bullard: We count our victories by the bombers we get to their targets, by the husbands we return to their wives, by the fathers we give back to their children. To the last minute, to the last man we fight. We fight!
- 323 VOTES
Changing the Fight
Video: YouTubeGeneral Luntz: We need to change the way we fight. I need pilots who will put the bombers ahead of themeselves.
- 426 VOTES
Right to Fight
Video: YouTubeColonel A.J. Bullard: We have a right to fight for our country, the same as every other American. We will not go away.
- 519 VOTES
We've Done It All
Video: YouTubeColonel A.J. Bullard: When we came under your command, Colonel, you stated very clearly that we would never find negroes who could pass the pilot's exam, make it through flight school, survive basic combat. We've done all of that.
Maj. William Mortamus: I don't believe your boys have scored a single aerial kill.
Colonel A.J. Bullard: It's damn hard to shoot down the enemy 100 miles behind the front lines.
- 624 VOTES
Protect the Heavies
Video: YouTubeColonel A.J. Bullard: At all costs, you protect the heavies.
- 720 VOTES
Help Save Lives
Video: YouTubeGeneral Luntz: I can't afford the kind of losses my bombers have been suffering. Can you help save lives?
Colonel A.J. Bullard: If you get us new planes, we can help your boys.
- 86 VOTES
You're A Punk
Video: YouTubeColonel A.J. Bullard: Lieutenant Little, what am I going to do with you? Everything's a fight, isn't it? It must be so goddamn exhausting being you. You know something, Joe Little? You're a punk. You remind me of one of those kids from the comic strip, walking around, pushing your sleeve up one arm, hand balled in a tight fist, walking looking at the world in a squint, always looking to knock something down just because it's standing. It's right there. It's right there (Points to head). You really wanna knock something down, try using that. Because I will tell you straight, I don't have anything against you. I have the highest expectations for you. Lieutenant Little, I need everyone on this next mission, and you're lucky you're the best pilot we've got! Report to your unit.
- 95 VOTES
Respect the Uniform
Video: YouTubeColonel William Mortamus: Eight German fighters or Eighty German fighter, it still doesn't change what I think of you and your boys.
Colonel A.J. Bullard: We don't care.
Colonel William Mortamus: Respect the uniform.
Colonel A.J. Bullard: Believe me, sir, that is all I have respect for.
- 105 VOTES
Y'all Got Nerve
Video: YouTubeAndrew 'Smokey' Salem: When you get upset, when you get mad, you turn red, right? When you get envious, or sick, you turn green. When you become cowardly, you turn yellow; and ya'll got the nerve to call us colored?