Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle

"(returns to base with a captured Messerschmitt instead of the Yak) Makarych! Take the vehicle! See, changed without looking! You can hold on to the tail, the dragon doesn't bite anymore."

"(returns to base with a horse instead of a plane) Makarych! Take the vehicle! See, changed without looking! Sorry, they didn't have a tank."

"You’re not obliged to be a pilot, we'll teach you to fly anyway... but you do have to be a musician!"

"(Aleksandrov crashed the plane on his first training flight) Well. Remove him from flying. Don't give him 100 grams. Appoint him as the airfield duty officer... for all eternity! Grass-hop-per!!!"

"War is transient, but music is eternal."

"We've no harp, so take a tambourine!"

"Love... Seryoga and I walked from Brest to Stalingrad with love. And then from Stalingrad to here, to the Dnieper, with love. I will be able to fly this route in a hundred years without a map. Because there are graves of the guys from Singing squadron everywhere."

"(reads Romeo's report) "I want to get married, request permission." Well, it's good idea. The point is, it's just in time."

"Let's live!"

"The soldier's commandment says: keep away from big bosses, but closer to the kitchen."

"By the way, where is my 100 grams for my victory? Calm down, I don't use to drink. But it's a matter of principle!"

"People, humanity must someday understand that hatred destroys. Only love creates."

"Romeo of Tashkent became so sad, when Juliet flew away with her biplane."

"At those moment my enchanted mate turns throttle up and rushed off to a date."

"Have a walk, Vasya!"

"Chatterboxes... They're used to saying: "The German is a coward, the German is afraid of a head-on attack, he'll definitely turn away!" But mine didn't turn away. So much so that... my wings flew off: one to the left, other to the right. I came to on the ground... the "Yak" was burning out, and there is ... the cherry tree in blossom in front of my eyes."

"Guys, let's live! (last words in his life)"

"Leonid Bykov as Captain Alexey «Maestro» Titarenko, commander of the 2nd Singing squadron"

"Sergey Podgorny as Victor «Darkie» Shchedronov, fighter pilot"

"Sergei Ivanov as «Grasshopper» Aleksandrov, fighter pilot"

"Rustam Sagdullayev as «Romeo» Sagdullayev, fighter pilot"

"Yevgeniya Simonova as Masha, female bomber navigator"

"Olga Mateshko as Zoya, female bomber pilot"

"Vladimir Talashko as Sergey Skvortzov, fighter pilot, Maestro's wingman and best friend"

"Aleksei Smirnov as Makarych, Maestro's technician"

"Viktor Miroshnichenko as Ivan "Pop" Ermakov, the fighter regiment commander"

"Alim Fedorinsky as Alyabyev, fighter pilot"

"Vano Yantbelidze as Vano, fighter pilot"

"Aleksandr Nemchenko as Ivan Fedorovich, fighter pilot"

"Vilori Pashchenko as Vorobyev, fighter pilot"

"Gregory Hlady as fighter pilot of 1st squadron"

"Vladimir Volkov as political officer"

"Dmitri Mirgorodskiy as infantry captain"

"Yuri Sarantsev as Air Division commander"

"Valentin Grudinin as chief of Air Army intelligence department"

"Alexandr Milutin as fighter pilot"