Press laughed derisively at first like Duke was joking but - Duke doesn't joke about that kind of thing.
Cunningham had another great line. Press said something like "The S-3 Vikings is a more sophisticated plane than the F-102 the President flew?" Duke goes "The F-102 couldn't shoot down a Goodyear Blimp, Bill."
A Naval aviator is physically and emotionally incapable of bypassing an opportunity to rip the Air Force.