Although it draws about the longest and most pliant bow that has ever been drawn in the line of fanciful war films and goes completely overboard in the last reel, it is still a continuously fascinating, frequently thrilling and occasionally exalting show.

Howard Hawks finds a perfect vehicle for his study of the male group. William Faulkner polished the dialogue, but as a silent it would still be tremendously exciting and evocative.

I cannot be sure how I feel about Air Force. It is loud, loose, sincere, violently masculine, and at times quite exciting.

There isn't a literary line in Air Force; and there isn't a phony character.