2S1 self-propelled artillery, 112–13
20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), 10
21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), 10
23d Fighter Group (FG), 26, 92, 139
31st Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), 16, 20, 25–26, 29, 68–69, 71, 311
31st Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), 20, 26, 67
36th Stormo, Italian fighter wing, 78
40th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS), 75
40th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron (ELS), 19, 75
40th Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), 15, 19–21, 39, 67, 71–76, 85, 100, 106, 139, 182, 242, 247
40th Expeditionary Support Squadron (ESS), 19
52d Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), 15, 20–21, 71, 76, 83, 85, 134
52d Fighter Wing (FW), 16, 35, 39, 70, 80, 139
74th Fighter Squadron (FS), “Flying Tigers,” 11, 15, 18–21, 27, 39, 72–76, 89, 91, 96–98, 270, 273, 287, 296, 312
75th Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 58, 97
81st Fighter Squadron (FS), “Panthers,”10, 15–16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 40, 54–59, 64, 66, 68, 70–71, 73, 75, 86, 91–92, 96, 109, 126, 131, 203, 232, 244, 247, 264–67, 271, 287, 300, 311–13
103d Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 19
104th Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), “Killer Bees,” 15, 19–21, 313
131st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 11, 15, 20–21
172d Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 19
190th Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 19
492d Fighter Squadron (FS), 26
494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 26
510th Fighter Squadron (FS),
“Buzzards,” 16, 23, 29, 56, 67–68
555th Fighter Squadron (FS), 26
603d Air Control Squadron (ACS), 68
606th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), 256
Adriatic Sea, 8, 23, 38, 57, 60, 68, 82, 99, 177, 180, 187–88, 194, 202, 251, 253, 273, 288, 292, 294, 312
advanced echelon (ADVON), 89
A-1E (Korean War–era fighter/Vietnam-era FAC), “Skyraider” and “Sandy,” 1, 312
A-10/OA-10 (fighter) “Thunderbolt II,” “Warthog,” and “Hog” armament, 1, 11–15, 41, 46, 58, 62, 94–95, 287
beddown, 67–80, 86–96, 99–103, 292
combat action, 36, 46, 54, 57–59, 62, 85, 112, 115–16, 124–30, 155–57, 166–69, 197–207, 214–30, 237–40, 245–48, 280–83, 288–90, 299–300
combat damage, 116–21, 261–63
defensive reaction and survivability, 53–54, 63–65, 106–7, 110–11, 116–21, 124–30, 240–43, 274–77, 283–86
design and limitations, 1, 46, 209
double-engine failure, 249–58
equipment and systems, 1, 26–27, 210–12, 249–58
lineage and nomenclature, 1–2
maintenance, 57, 90–96, 194–95, 271–72
media, 27, 132, 135, 243
performance, 29–30
ROE impact, 29, 59–60, 85, 132–33, 143–53, 157–63, 169–97, 242–43, 290–92
roles and missions, 3–11
training, 40, 84
units, 15–21
AMX (Italian fighter), 33, 110
CF-18 (Canadian fighter), “Hornet,” 32, 41, 43–45, 54, 110
E-2C, (airborne early warning), “Hawkeye,” 33, 127–28
E-3 (airborne warning and control system [AWACS]/NATO airborne early warning [NAEW]), “Magic,” 6, 9–10, 23–24, 28, 33, 73, 111–13, 116, 144, 187–88, 194, 201–4, 206–7, 219–22, 224–27, 230, 254–56, 274–77, 288
E-8 (joint surveillance, target attack radar system [Joint STARS/JSTARS]), 23, 27–28, 33, 138–39, 142, 146, 297, 304, 310
EA-6B (electronic jammer), “Prowler,” 9, 23, 28–29, 33, 106, 111, 189, 206, 277, 312
EC-130E (airborne battlefield command and control center [ABCCC]), “Moonbeam” and “Bookshelf,” 5–6, 9–10, 23–24, 28, 33–34, 38, 43, 46, 48, 51, 57, 63, 127, 141–42, 144, 146–48, 150–52, 159–61, 169–70, 172–73, 189, 201, 211–12, 219, 223, 229, 231, 235, 241–42, 245–47, 273, 286, 290, 300
EC-130H (tactical information warfare), “Compass Call,” 33
EF-18 (Spanish fighter), “Hornet,” 33, 110
F-4G (defense suppression), “Wild Weasel,” 68, 307
F-14 (fighter/airborne forward air controller), “Tomcat,” 8, 32–34, 167–68, 110, 210, 242, 296–97, 313
F-15A and F-15C (air superiority fighters), “Eagle,” 38, 221
F-15E (air superiority fighter/precision attack), “Strike Eagle,” 5, 23, 26, 28–29, 33, 41–43, 46–47, 54, 109
F-16AM (Dutch fighter), “Fighting Falcon,” 23, 33
F-16CG, (fighter/FAC), “Fighting Falcon,” 8, 11, 16, 23, 26, 28, 32–33, 91, 110, 139, 210, 216–17, 222, 237, 307, 311, 313
F-16CJ (defense suppression), “Fighting Falcon,” 9, 21, 23, 26, 28–29, 33, 69, 85, 106, 116, 189, 216–17, 226–27, 230, 275, 312
F/A-18 (fighter), “Hornet,” 33, 65, 110, 128, 168
F-84 (Korean War–era fighter), “Thunderjet,” 1
F-84F (Korean War–era fighter), “Thunderstreak,” 1
F-100F (fighter/FAC), “Hun” and “Misty,” 170
F-104 (Italian fighter), “Starfighter,” 78, 313
F-105 (fighter), “Thud,” 1
F-111F (fighter), “Vark,” 307
F-117 (stealth fighter), “Nighthawk,” 11, 15, 21, 25, 27, 55, 83, 85, 95, 109, 135, 214–15, 266, 312
GR-7 (British fighter), “Harrier,” 23, 33, 41, 48–49, 51–52, 54, 57, 69, 74, 78, 110, 139–40, 152, 154, 200, 274, 313
Hunter (unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]), 33, 138
KC-135/KC-10 (tankers), “Stratotanker/Extender,” 9–10, 25, 28, 33–34, 37, 41–43, 47, 60, 64, 69, 111, 113, 123–25, 127, 138, 155, 158, 160, 163–65, 171–73, 175, 187–89, 192, 194, 200–201, 206, 209, 214–17, 220–22, 224–25, 233, 236–37, 239, 241–42, 245, 247, 258, 273, 307
Laser Predator (unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]), 33, 212
MH-53J (special operations helicopter), “Pave Low,” 10, 33, 215, 220
MH-60 (special operations helicopter), “Pave Hawk,” 33, 220
MiG-21 (Vietnam-era Serbian fighter), “Fishbed,” 310
MiG-29 (Serbian fighter), “Fulcrum,” 221–22
P-47 (World War II–era fighter), “Thunderbolt,” 1
Predator (unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]), 33, 141–42, 211–12, 247–48, 300
Super Etendards (French fighter), 23, 32, 110
TF-16 (Turkish fighter), “Fighting Falcon,” 33, 241
Tornado ECR (German electronic combat and reconnaissance), 32, 106
Tornado IDS (Italian ground-attack fighter), 32–33, 74, 78, 106, 110, 313
Air Combat Command (ACC), 70
air interdiction, 3–5, 26, 303–4
air and space expeditionary force (AEF), 92
air strike control, 6
air tactical missile systems (ATACMS), 304
air tasking order (ATO), 33–34, 36, 51, 77, 81, 99, 144, 296
airborne forward air controller (AFAC, FAC, and FAC[A]), 2–4, 6–8, 11, 13–14, 16, 18, 23–24, 26, 29, 31–39, 41, 44, 47, 55, 57, 60, 62, 72–73, 81, 95, 105–6, 109–11, 116, 124, 126, 128, 137, 139, 141–44, 146–48, 150, 152–54, 158, 160, 164, 166–68, 171–72, 175–76, 195, 200–201, 210–11, 231–34, 236, 240, 242, 244, 248, 259–63, 273–74, 279, 290–92, 296–97, 299–300, 303–4, 307, 310–14
AirLand Battle, 303–4
air-to-air refueling, 3, 25, 33, 42–43, 48, 63, 82, 160, 163–65, 172, 175, 215, 220, 222, 273, 288
Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AIRCENT), 232
Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH), 21, 26, 143, 158
Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), 70, 143, 150, 153
Amendola Air Base (AB), Italy, 68
antiaircraft artillery (AAA, triple-A), 27, 49–54, 59, 64, 82, 85, 106–7, 110, 116–17, 144, 146, 171, 192, 237, 239, 261, 263, 269, 277, 284–86, 288, 305, 310, 313
armored personnel carrier (APC), 36, 42–43, 46, 47, 54, 72, 82–83, 107, 108, 124, 128, 130, 139, 141, 148, 153–58, 161–63, 167–68, 237–38, 247, 263, 272, 296–97, 310, 312
artillery (arty), 45–47, 50–51, 279, 296
attitude direction indicator (ADI), 251–52, 254
auxiliary power unit (APU), 252–55
Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, 10, 15–16, 20–21, 23, 25, 54–55, 68, 87, 112, 218, 244, 249, 292
bandit, 275–78
Barnes Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Massachusetts, 20
Battle Creek Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Michigan, 19
battlefield air interdiction (BAI), 5, 304
bearing, range, altitude, and aspect (BRAA), 276
Belgrade Serbia, 62, 109, 121, 171, 217–19, 221, 226, 308–9, 312
bingo, 43, 63, 162–63, 217, 224, 229, 234, 286
Bitterman, Jim, 27
Boise Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Idaho, 19
bomb damage assessment (BDA), 36, 125–26, 248, 263, 270, 307
bootleg, 25
Brauner, Nathan S. “Foghorn,” 130, 263–64, 296
break, 62, 65, 82, 117, 129, 192, 200, 240, 242, 250, 254–55, 289, 292
Brindisi Air Base (AB), Italy, 10, 93
Broderick, “Bro,” 26
Brosious, Joseph S. “Joe Bro,” 185, 187–88, 191–92, 195, 197, 214, 217–31
Brotherton, Dawn M., 99, 101
Brotherton, Peter “Bro,” 34, 153, 157, 163, 166
Brown, David W. “Dave,” 48, 86, 282
Bullard, Kevin “Boo,” 58–59, 96
Camp Darby, Italy, 17, 71, 178
cannibalized (CANN) aircraft, 71, 87, 89
Card, Larry D. “LD,” 34, 105, 187, 193, 211, 215, 223, 225, 273–75, 279
Carpenter, Colonel, 26
Cerone, Scott R. “Hummer,” 287, 296–97
Cervia Air Base (AB), Italy, 256
Cheney, Richard B. “Dick,” 305
Cherrey, John A. “Buster,” 23, 39, 82–83, 214, 231, 233, 261
Clark, Wesley K., 26, 35, 232, 300, 309–11
Clinton, William J., 39
close air support (CAS), 1–4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 39, 197, 248, 261, 265, 274, 311, 314
combat air patrol (CAP), 144, 221, 234
combat search and rescue (CSAR), 1–3, 8–11, 13, 18, 24–26, 36–39, 67–69, 71–74, 80, 82, 87, 90–91, 95, 109, 111–12, 126, 180, 186, 188, 199, 202, 209, 212–14, 216, 219, 223, 261, 265–66, 277, 299, 312–13
combined air interdiction of fielded forces (CAIFF), 26–28, 31, 34, 56, 144
combined air operations center (CAOC, Interim or ICAOC-5), Vicenza, Italy, 5, 10, 22, 24–29, 31, 33–36, 38, 40, 56, 68–71, 73, 77, 106, 127, 130, 138–39, 141–42, 144–53, 159, 161, 164, 171–72, 174–77, 179–84, 186–87, 191, 198, 200, 202–3, 211–14, 216, 219–20, 233, 235–36, 246–48, 267–70, 272–73, 290–92, 299–300, 312
combined forces air component commander (CFACC), 77, 84, 143, 153, 310
counterbattery, 36, 141, 150
counterland, 4, 303
Curley, Michael A. “Scud,” 63, 123
Dahl, Arden B. “Surgeon,” 35, 171, 287
Dakovica, Kosovo, 113, 169, 173–74, 263
defensive counterair (DCA), 33
Derringer (reference point in Kosovo), 274–76, 288
destruction of enemy air defenses (DEAD), 134, 206, 219, 243, 300
Dibble, James “Dribbs,” 269
dirtballs (dirt roads), 44, 52, 206, 280–81
Duckworth, Allen E. “JAKS,” 260, 264
Easterling, David “Beau,” 241
Eberhart, Jeffrey, 20, 26, 39
electronic countermeasures (ECM), 94, 96, 224, 287
Ellington, Stanley J. “Stan,” 75
Elliot, Amos, 125
Ellis, James O., Jr., 150
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), 96, 130
Feldhausen, Thomas J. “Bumpy,” 60, 279
fence, 78, 127, 261
field of view (FOV), 211
Fluhr, Philip “Dirt,” 40, 183, 259
Fortunato, Damien, 270
Frog-7, 54
Gebara, Andrew J. “Buffy,” 111, 130
Gibson, Scott “Glib,” 60–61, 215, 260
Gideon, Francis C., Jr., 258
Gioia del Colle Air Base (AB), Italy, 10–11, 15–16, 18–21, 34–35, 38–40, 42–43, 54, 58, 60, 62, 65, 67–80, 82–83, 87–91, 93–96, 99–101, 121–23, 132, 144, 149, 154, 171, 175, 179, 181, 192, 194, 259, 264, 267, 270, 292, 311–13
global positioning system (GPS), 194, 209, 211
Gnjilane (G-Town), Kosovo, 42–44, 113–14, 116–18, 279, 284
Gross, David E. “Devo,” 54, 203, 265, 294
Haave, Christopher E. “Kimos,” 1, 18, 21–23, 55–57, 67, 81, 102, 105, 121, 126–30, 137, 177, 186, 209, 233, 259, 265, 293–95, 299
Hamilton, Johnny L. “CBU,” 194–95, 234
Hammer 34, 38
hard deck, 30–31
Haun, Phil M. “Goldie,” 4, 25, 28, 40, 53, 69, 100, 109, 113, 115, 122, 128, 130, 133, 147, 212, 214, 231, 233, 295, 303
head-up display (HUD), 129, 155–57, 188, 210, 243, 289, 294
Heise, Craig “Walrus,” 36, 149, 269
Hendrix, John W., 149, 213
Hobbins, William T. “Tom,” 40, 232
Ide, Tay, 87
integrated-air-defense system (IADS), 3, 305, 310
isolated personnel report (ISOPREP), 215, 223, 225
Jackson, Jesse, 121
jammer, 23, 28–29, 234
Johnson, Colonel, 26, 153
Johnson, Richard A. “Scrape,” 111, 215, 218, 224, 228, 231, 240–42
Johnson, Stewart “Stu,” 23, 26, 152–53
joint air operations center (JAOC), 306
Jouas, Jan-Marc, 21, 39, 55, 71
Jumper, John P., 26, 84, 149, 232
Koechle, Mark “Coke,” 25, 111, 130, 149, 182, 211, 243–44
Kopacz, Joseph “Dice,” 171–72, 186–88, 192
Kosovo, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22–24, 26–32, 34–36, 38, 40–46, 48, 50, 52, 54–58, 60, 62–66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80–84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96–98, 100, 102, 105–6, 108–12, 114, 116–18, 120–24, 126, 128, 130–35, 137–38, 140, 142, 144–46, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156–58, 160, 162–64, 166–70, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192–200, 202–4, 206, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234–36, 238, 240, 242–46, 248–50, 252, 254, 256, 258–64, 266, 268–70, 272–74, 276–80, 282, 284, 286, 288, 290–94, 296, 299–300, 303, 308–14
Kosovo Engagement Zone (KEZ), 11, 19, 31–32, 34–36, 39–40, 56, 64, 69, 73, 87, 96, 105–7, 109, 138–39, 141–42, 144, 146–47, 158–59, 171–72, 174, 182, 189, 201–3, 206, 212–13, 233, 236–37, 241–42, 244, 249, 259, 267, 273, 290, 293–94, 296–97, 299, 311, 313
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA, or, in Albanian, Ushtria Clirimtare E Kosoves [UCK]), 36, 145, 152, 213, 246, 308–9, 314
Kumanovo Valley, Serbia, 81, 155, 157, 166, 171, 261
Leaf, Daniel P. “Fig,” 20, 26, 39
Less, Joseph A. “Lester,” 29, 54–56, 58–59, 69–70, 72, 99, 113, 116–17, 122, 147–49, 157, 161, 166, 196, 209, 260–62, 272, 284, 291, 296–97
lines of communication (LOC), 42, 48
low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN), 27
low altitude safety and target enhancement (LASTE), 282
MacCauley, James “Jimbo,” 123
man portable air defense system (MANPADS), 111, 116–17, 125, 128, 193, 284, 310
Many, Rod, 72
Martin, Stuart C. “Co,” 291, 293
Matesick, Michael L. “Smokey,” 198–203, 207
Mays, Kirk M. “Corn,” 62–65, 187–88
McDonough, Francis M. “JD,” 132, 171, 173, 263
Meger, James P. “Meegs,” 63–64, 126, 148–49, 215–16, 218, 220, 222, 224–25, 227–28, 231, 234, 237, 239, 260
Milosevic, Slobodan, 9, 18, 58, 60, 65–66, 83, 97, 123, 126, 207, 267, 299, 308
Mister C’s, 23
Mk-1 eyeballs, 142, 166, 248, 301
Montenegro, 177, 179, 186–87, 189, 194, 199, 202–3, 288, 309
Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, 18, 97, 123
Mount Osljak, Kosovo, 83
Mount Pastrik, Kosovo, 146
AGM-65 Maverick, 1, 11, 30, 41–43, 46, 53, 57, 59–63, 72, 94, 112, 114, 124, 129, 147, 155–57, 161, 163, 168, 170, 181, 188–91, 194–96, 200–201, 209, 215, 218–19, 237–38, 240, 243, 246–48, 250, 262–63, 275, 279, 287, 290, 293–94, 296
AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile), 212, 217, 226–29
AIM-9 (infrared air-intercept missile), 41, 94, 120, 219, 250, 276, 287, 277
AMRAAM (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile), 301
BL-755 (British cluster bomb unit [CBU]), 48, 51,
bomblets (cluster bomb unit [CBU] submunitions), 14, 163, 248, 282, 289–90
CBU (cluster bomb unit), 14, 41, 48, 50–51, 53–54, 57, 110, 123, 128, 162, 182, 188, 194, 234, 237, 248, 270, 281, 283, 289–90, 293–95
CBU-87 (Combined Effects Munition [CEM]), 14, 160, 187, 194, 218, 270, 275, 279, 282, 287, 289, 293
GAU-8 Avenger (30 mm cannon), 1, 11, 41, 57, 59, 62, 129, 185, 192–93, 207
GBU-12/24 laser-guided bomb (LGB), 28–29, 41, 43–46, 65, 110, 114, 238
Mk-82 500 lb general-purpose bomb, 11, 13, 41, 44, 48, 51–53, 57–58, 63–64, 94, 108, 110, 114, 124, 128, 147, 169, 187, 203, 237–38, 242, 245–46, 250, 262–63, 275, 279, 283, 285, 293, 296
Mk-83 1,000 lb general-purpose bomb, 110
Mk-84 2,000 lb general-purpose bomb, 110, 201
NBA (eastern Kosovo), 41, 111–12, 116, 276
NFL (western Kosovo), 41, 111, 115–16
night vision goggles (NVG), 188, 311
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 4–5, 8–9, 20–21, 26, 28, 32, 35–36, 68, 70, 76, 78, 81–82, 86, 92, 95–98, 105–6, 108, 111, 120, 123, 126, 132–33, 137, 143–45, 150, 153, 175, 177, 184, 194, 214, 221, 232, 243–44, 269, 299, 304, 308–12, 314
Novisad, Serbia, 218
O’Brien, John “Slobee,” 214, 218, 224, 231, 244, 246–48
on-scene commander (OSC), 217, 224–26
operational control (OPCON), 15, 20–21, 39
Operation Deliberate Force, 16, 25, 308
Operation Joint Forge, 86
Operation Southern Watch, 96
Osan, Korea, 126
Outlaw, 274–75, 278
Pave Penny, 11, 26–27, 45, 94
Pec, Kosovo, 30, 235, 297
personnel accountability team (PERSCO), 91
Personnel Locator System (PLS), 224
Peters, Whitten F., 101, 149
Piancavallo, Italy, 23
Piper, Laura, 277
Pirane, Kosovo, 57
Podujevo, Kosovo, 274, 277–79
Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, 18–19, 58, 72, 74, 76, 88–89, 91–92, 97, 139, 270, 273, 279, 287, 296–97, 312
prisoner of war (POW), 99, 105
Pristina, Kosovo, 63–64, 76, 112–13, 147, 245, 272, 274, 277, 288, 296
Prizren, Kosovo, 57, 124, 150–51, 158, 173–74, 199, 259
radar warning receiver (RWR), 224, 226
RAF Bentwaters, England, 16, 67, 116
RAF Lakenheath, England, 28
Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, 26, 71, 96, 121–22, 232
refuel, 43, 132, 160, 163–64, 220, 273
Regan, John “Scratch,” 18, 169–71, 182–85, 193
revetments (revets), 48–49, 296
Rogovo, Kosovo, 57
Royal Air Force (RAF), 78, 92, 101
rules of engagement (ROE), 29–31, 40, 105, 111, 127–28, 132–33, 137, 143–50, 152–53, 157–59, 161, 163, 177, 181–86, 189, 191, 193, 198, 243–45, 269, 278, 290, 292, 300
SA-6, 186, 197, 199, 203, 235–36, 288–89, 305
SAN-4, 199, 203
Sanders, Gregg “Lurch,” 70, 83
Sandy, 1, 9–10, 36–39, 45, 49, 82, 109, 111, 116, 126, 180, 186–87, 189, 214–15, 217–18, 220–31, 261, 299, 312
Schulze, Gregory A. “Snoopy,” 26–27, 232–33, 240, 267
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, 133, 305–6
search and rescue (SAR), 37, 214–30
Serbian/Serb army (VJ), 31–32, 36, 56, 58, 82, 108, 140–41, 213, 247, 273, 278
Serbian/Serb Interior Ministry police (MUP), 31, 56, 58, 82
Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, 69
Shenk, Michael J. “Hook,” 212, 231, 275
Short, Christopher “Junior,” 123, 268, 300, 316
Short, Michael C. “Senior,” 8, 21–22, 26, 30–32, 34–35, 39, 70, 77, 79–80, 85, 87, 101–02, 146, 149–50, 153–54, 158, 181, 184–85, 213, 268–70, 274, 285, 294–95, 300, 306, 310–11, 316
Sixteenth Air Force, 21, 26, 69–70, 88, 91
Skopje, Macedonia, 81, 118–22, 128, 275, 313
Smith, Stephen “Al,” 139, 147, 272
Sommers, Edward D. “Sped,” 180–82
spades, 274–75
Spangdahlem Air Base (AB) “Spang,” Germany, 10, 15–16, 18, 20–21, 25, 55, 58, 66–68, 70–71, 73–74, 76, 80, 83, 85–86, 88–89, 91–92, 95–99, 121, 126, 134–35, 139, 231–33, 256, 264–65, 287, 312
stan/eval, 55
steer-points, 256, 275
Straight Flush radar, 235
Strickland, Paul C. “Sticky,” 34, 186, 214, 269
Stuewe, Ronald F. “Stu,” Jr., 169, 180–82, 185, 195–97, 202
suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), 9–10, 23, 28–29, 32–33, 41, 106, 111–13, 116, 144, 182, 189, 206, 234–35, 237, 269, 273, 275, 307, 310, 312
supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR), 26–27, 143, 153, 232, 309
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), 86, 98, 175–76, 209, 300
surface-to-air missile (SAM), 9, 43, 63–65, 82, 106–7, 109–10, 113, 125, 129–30, 134, 144, 158, 160–61, 217, 224, 226–27, 229–30, 235, 240–41, 261, 263, 277, 288, 305, 310, 313
Swift, Daniel, 20, 184
talk-on, 44–45, 124, 203–4, 206, 245, 280, 289
Taszar Air Base (AB), Hungary, 38, 313
Thompson, Alan E. “Moose,” 19, 21, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 123, 149–50, 152, 182, 184–85, 193, 242, 247
Thompson, Wade “Biggles,” 29–30, 111, 198
Tirana, Albania, 149, 181, 184, 213
top three (squadron supervisors), 59, 150, 221, 228
Trapani Air Base (AB), Sicily, 15, 20–21, 38, 311, 313
Trostle, Donny, 293, 295
Truck Stop, 65, 286, 292
Tuzla Air Base (AB), Bosnia, 225
Uhler, Kenneth R. “Ken,” 139
Ulshafer, Joe, 271
United Nations (UN), 69, 299, 308, 311
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), 19–21, 26, 40, 67, 70–71, 73, 79–80, 149–50, 232
Ure, David S. “Ajax,” 55
Urosevac (U-Town), 58, 60, 62, 113, 127, 166, 172, 240
US European Command (EUCOM), 18, 70, 232
Van Cleef, Scott P., 21, 39, 71, 76–77, 80
Vanderneck, Greg “V Neck,” 232
Vega 31, 25, 38–39, 212, 215, 217–18, 220–21, 223, 230–31, 233
Vicenza, Italy, 10, 22, 36, 150, 152, 158, 171, 175–76, 184–85, 267, 300
VJ (Serb army) MUP (Serb Interior Ministry police) Engagement Zone (VMEZ), 31
Vranje, Serbia, 81, 155–56, 166–67, 261–62, 279, 293, 295
vulnerability period (vul), 28, 33, 130, 132, 171, 195, 234–36, 245, 273, 294
Weber, Daniel L. “Dan,” 72
Wiersum, Chaplain Karl, 75
Willy Petes, 7, 11, 13, 41, 46, 54, 61, 63, 128, 190, 218, 281
Woodard, Ripley E. “Rubble,” 170, 212, 230–31, 249, 258, 273–77, 279–81, 283–86
Zoerb, Daniel “Doc,” 180
Zur, Kosovo, 198