Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign
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air campaign plan
buildup for
countdown to opening
Creech’s changes and
end of
technological revolution and
television and
See also Desert Shield; Desert Storm
Gulf War II, See Iraqi Freedom
Gunnery school
“GUTS Airline,”
“G” warmup exercise
Haiphong, North Vietnam
Hall, Mike
Hallion, Dick
Hamad (Bharani Major)
Hamad, Muhammad al-
negotiations with Horner
Hanoi, North Vietnam
Hanson (Chaplain)
Harawi (Saudi Major General)
HARM (high-speed anti-radiation missile)
Harr, Charlie
Harriers (aircraft)
Harris, Hunter
Hartinger, Jim, Jr. “Little Grr,”
daily routine
Hartinger, Jim, Sr. “The Grr,”
Hartney, Jim (White Fang)
Harvey, Bernard
Hawker Hunter (British aircraft)
HC-130 aircraft
Henadi (Saudi General)
Henry, Gus
Henry, Larry “Puba,”
Henry, Lenny
Heroes
“Highway of Death,”
Hill (Air Force General)
Hine, Patty
Hinton, Bruce “Balls,”
Hohemann (Air Force Lieutenant)
Holland, Donnie
Honor, of fighter pilots
Hooches, Thailand
Hornberg, Hal
Horner, Chuck
and A-10s
and command relationships
and Creech
changes by
and Gulf War
air campaign
aircraft accidents
Battle Damage Assessment
battlefield interdiction
Battle of Khafji
briefings
civilian casualties
close air support
Coalition
daily routine
deployment of forces
Desert Storm
environmental destruction
INSTANT THUNDER plan
integration of forces
Iraqi Republican Guard
lessons from
rescue efforts
rotation policies
Scud missiles
special forces
strategic air campaign
target selection
television coverage
weather
leadership training
and Schwarzkopf
Horner, Chuck (continued)
and space
Vietnam War
war viewed by
as young man
Horner, Ellen (sister)
Horner, John Patrick (son)
Horner, Margaret “Pud” (sister)
Horner, Mary Jo Gitchell
as Air Force wife
and Chuck’s trips
letters to
Horner, Mary Lou (sister)
Horner, Nancy Jo (daughter)
Horner, Susan (daughter)
Housing of troops in Saudi Arabia
Human shields, Saddam and
“The Hundred-Hour War,”
Hung, Le Ba, (Vietnamese officer)
Hurlburt AFB, Special Operations Center
Hussein, Saddam
atrocities committed by
strategies of
I-2000 bomb
ICBMs
Ideas, implementation in Pentagon
Immelmann
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
Independence, USS
Independent action, in Iraq
Individuals and teams
Individual soldier, technological revolution and
Inexperienced pilots in combat
Information:
in Saudi Arabia
space operations
Information warfare
Infrared satellites
Initiative
Innis, Skinny
INSTANT THUNDER campaign
Instructor pilots
Horner as
Integration of air operations
Integration of forces
U.S.-Saudi
Intelligence, military
and bombing missions
in coalitions
current Operations
daily briefings
Horner and
Iraqi Army
Intelligence officers
Interceptor aircraft, Iraqi
Interdiction warfare
Internal Look (war exercise)
International relations, Gulf War
Bush and
Interpersonal relationships
Intratheater airlift
Iran, Iraqi aircraft in
Iranian pilots
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq
air defense radar activity
air strike targets
threat to Saudi Arabia
Iraqi Air Force
Iraqi Army
interdiction of supplies
in Kuwait, destruction of
surrender of soldiers
Iraqi Freedom (Gulf War II)
Command and Control
media (American) embedded with troops
postconflict strategy
prisoners of war
“Rapid Dominance,”
reasons for
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
transformation
unmanned systems in future
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
Iraqi leadership, attacks on
Iraqi pilots
Islamic Corps
Islamic Peninsula Shield forces
Israel
Air Force personnel policies
Italian aircraft, losses
Jaguar aircraft
Javelin (British aircraft)
Jeaid, Ayed Al-
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
B-52 bombers based at
Jeddah New
Jedi Knights (Army planners)
Jet fuel
Johnson, Jessie
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Paul
Johnston, Bob
Joint Chiefs of Staff
and Vietnam strategies
Joint Staff, Horner’s views
Joint STARS aircraft
and Battle of Khafji
and Scud missiles
and target selection
Jones, Devon
Jones, John Paul
JP-233 munitions
Kadena AFB, Okinawa, squadron from
KARI (Iraqi air defense system)
Kaufman, Don
daily routine
Keenan, Bill
Kelk (Air Force captain)
Kelly, Bob
Kelly, Tom
Kemp, Pete
Kendall, Mary Lou
Khafji. See Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia; Battle of Khafji
Khaled bin Sultan
Battle of Khafji
Horner and
problems handled by
and psychological warfare
and target selection
Khalid (UAE colonel)
Khamis Mushyat Air Base
Kill boxes
Killer Scouts
Killing of enemy, Horner and
Kimsey, Harvey
King Fahd Air Base, SOF aircraft at
King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid Military City (KKMC)
Kirk, Bill
Klong Courier (military air transport)
Korat, Thailand
Korea, participation in Coalition
Korean War
Kosovo
Krapf, Roger, Ballad of the F-111 Jock
KTO (Kuwait Theater of Operations) Room, RSAF headquarters
Kunichica, Paul
Kuwait
burning of oil fields
destruction of Iraqi forces in
infantry
interdiction of supplies to
invasion by Coalition forces
liberation of
Kuwaiti Air Force
Ky, Nguyen Cao
Lady Ashley (F-16C aircraft)
Lakenheath, England
Horner’s assignment to
Lamb, Al
Land forces
air support
Land officers, view of war
LANTIRN Pods
Laos
Lautenbager, Connie
Leadership
by inexperienced personnel
political, of Bush
training in
Leaflets, psychological warfare
Lee (Korean Air Force general)
“Left-behinds” (military families)
“Left Hook,”
Leide, Jack
Lennon, Tom
Lessons from Gulf War
Libya, near-death experience
Lies:
bureaucracy and
and loss of pride
rating system and
about Vietnam War
Lightning (British aircraft)
Linebacker II campaign
Line pilots
Locket, David
Logisticians
Logistic problems, Iraqi
Loh, Mike
Loss-of-life issue, Bush and
Losses:
Gulf War
aircraft
Battle of Khafji
from friendly fire
Iraqi Army
to Scud missiles
Vietnam War
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Low level flying
Luck, Gary
and target selection
Luke AFB, Arizona
Lunch at Saudi cafeteria
McBroom, John “Boomer,”
McCaffery (Army major general)
McConnell AFB, Kansas, squadron from
McNamara, Robert
McNeil, John
McPeak, Tony
Madinee, Yousef
Mahmud, Salah Abud
Mahrt, Marty
Mail from home
Mandani, Jousif
Mansour (Saudi General)
MARCENT (Marine component, Desert Shield)
Marine Harriers (aircraft)
Marine Corps, U.S.
aircraft in Gulf War
Battle of Khafji
and global positioning satellites
Iraqi Freedom
members killed by friendly fire
Marshall, George
Mauz, Hank
“Mayor of Rihadh,”
MCS (Management Computation System)
Medals awarded
to Bahraini fighter pilots
to Drummond
to Horner
for rescue mission
to Wild Weasels
Media, and psychological warfare
Media (American) embedded with troops, Iraqi Freedom
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Mentoring, Horner and
MFP-1 (Major Force Program 1)
MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopters
MH-53J helicopter, rescue mission
MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter
MiG-17 aircraft
MiG-21 aircraft
MiG-23 aircraft, Iraqi
MiG-29 aircraft, Iraqi
MiG aircraft, North Vietnam
MiG CAP (Combat Air Patrol)
Miles, Bill
Milhim, Sultan Farhan Al-
Military aircraft, numbers in Gulf War
Military coalitions, key ingredients
Military commands, interaction of
Military doctrine
Military force, capabilities of
Military headquarters, Riyadh
Military planning, mistakes of
Military services, U.S., conflicts
Military targets, Gulf War
See also Air strike targets
Military units, Desert Shield
Minhad Air Base
Mirage aircraft
Iraqi
United Arab Emirates
Mirehouse, Jim
Missing-man flybys
Mission-capable rates
“Mission creep,”
Mistakes
Gulf War
Mitterand, François
Mobile Scud launchers
MODA (Saudi Ministry of Defense and Aviation)
Horner’s offices
Schwarzkopf’s headquarters
Mofadhi, Talil Salem Al-
Mohammed, Sheikh (UAE)
Molniya orbits
Momyer, Spike
Money, Horner and
Moore, Burt
Moore, Royal
Morale
Iraqi, destruction of
problems of
Morocco, infantry
Mosley, Michael (Buzz)
Movement of armies
Moving Target Information (MTI)
MSQ missions
Multinational tactics team
Munitions
storage areas
Murphy, John
Myhrum, Roger
passim
SAM mission
Myths of war
National leaders, daily briefing
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
NATO:
and Coalition
deployability of units
NAVISTAR global positioning satellite system
Navy, U.S.
and airpower
satellite communications
and Vietnam War
NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) weapons
NCOs, Horner and
Nellis AFB
Horner as wing commander
Night Camel exercises
Night MSQ missions
Ninth Air Force
command center
Horner as commander
Nixon, Richard, war policies
Nogrowski (operations officer, Lakenheath)
North Vietnam
See also Vietnam War
Northrop BQM-74 (drone aircraft)
Nuclear Forces, USAF
Nuclear weapons
Nurses, USAF reserve
Offensive air campaign
Offensive airpower
Officer Efficiency Reports (OERs)
Officers
Horner as commander of
NCOs and
Oil, dumped by Iraqis
Oil fields, burning of
Oil refinery, Dhahran, Iraqi attack
Old fighter pilots
Olsen, Tom
daily routine
and Scud attacks on Israel
O’Malley, Jerry
Oman, infantry
101st Air Assault Division
Operational Readiness Inspections (ORIs)
Operation Bolo
Operation EARNEST WILL
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operations officers
Optically aimed surface-to-air missiles
Owens, Bill
PACAF (Pacific Air Force)
Pagonis, Gus
Pakistani Air Force
Pararescue Jumpers (PJs)
Paratroopers
Partnership, Coalition as
Patch wearers
Patrick AFB, Florida
Patriot missiles
PAVE LOW helicopters
PAVE TAC pods
Pearson, Dick
Peay (Army major general)
Pentagon
and Gulf War
Personnel system, and combat duty
Pfeiffer, Hans
PGMs (precision-guided missiles)
Phillips, Joe Bob
and friendly fire problem
Phuc Yen, North Vietnam
Pilots, outstanding
Pipelines, opened by Iraqis<
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Pitchout landings
PJs (parachute jumpers)
Placement of forces, problems of
Planning, military
Pod formations
Poison gas
Policies, inefficient, Vietnam War
Political objectives of war
Pontoon bridges
Pope AFB, Airlift Center
Powell, Colin
and air campaign plan
and biological warfare
briefings
PPBS (Planning, Programming, Budgeting System)
Precision bombs
Preparation of battlefield
Press interviews
Pride
Prisoners of war, Desert Storm:
American pilots as
Iraqi
Prisoners of war, Iraqi Freedom
Problem-solving
Profitt, Glenn
Psychological warfare
“Puba’s Party,”
Purvis, Joe
Push CAS
Qatar, mechanized forces
Quayle, Dan
Quick Reaction Process (QRP)
Quick-turn base
Race problems
Radar-equipped aircraft
Radar-guided surface-to-air missiles
Radio transmissions, Iraqi
Rahamani, Ahmed Al-
Rahsid, Yousef
Railroad lines, Iraqi
Raja, Mohammed
Randolph, Randy
Rank, military
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF)
“Rapid Dominance,”
Rashid, Josuf
Ratchet-75 (EF-111A aircraft)
Rated personnel, Air Force
Rathburn-Healy, Melissa
Ready, Fire, Aim concept
Reavy, Mike
Reconnaissance, space operations
Reconnaissance, aircraft
Red Ball Express (Gulf War transport)
Red Flag (combat exercise)
Red Horse Squadron
Regalli, Dino
Regional Commanders in Chief
Religious faith
Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF)
Republican Guard (Iraqi)
Rescue operations
Responsibility, acceptance of
Richie, Bill
Rider, Bill
Riley, Jerry
Rivet Joint aircraft
battle plan
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
RMA (revolution in military affairs)
Road system, Iraq, destruction of
Robbin, Joe
Robinson, Country
Rocket-fuel plants, bombing of
ROE (rules of engagement) orders
Rogers, Craven C. “Buck,”
ROLLING THUNDER (Vietnam)
Roquejeoffre, Michael
Roschelle, Carl
Rotation policies
ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)
Route Packages
Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF)
F-15Cs
headquarters
losses
Royal Saudi Land Force, mechanized infantry
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russ, Bob
Ryan, Jack
SAC (Strategic Air Command)
Safety of troops, Schwarzkopf and
“Saint” (American pilot in Bahrain)