- B-52 School Instructor: [At the briefing for Air Force men being given at Boeing plant in Seattle] These are pictures of the B-52 Stratofortress. It's the biggest jet bomber in the world. It can reach any target in the world. It can fly over six hundred miles an hour, over eight miles high, and over six thousand miles distance without refueling. On a single mission, one of these airplanes - Just ONE - can carry greater destructive force than that of all the bombs dropped by the entire Allied air forces during the whole of World War Two.
- Edith Brennan: [their daughter is on a date with Col. Herlihy] What's come over you? Lois knows the facts of life.
- MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan: Sure, she know the facts of life "old style" - she can handle the birds and the bees - but this guy's a jet job!
- Edith Brennan: Can't you forget what happened in Korea?
- MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan: It's more than that...
- Edith Brennan: But you said yourself he's a good pilot and a good officer.
- MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan: That's right, none better. I don't mind him handling a B-52 - but not my daughter!