INDEX
A-6 aircraft, loss of
A-10 aircraft (“Warthogs”)
Battle of Khafji
mission creep
rescue mission
AAA (anti-aircraft fire)
ABCCC (Airborne Command, Control, and Communications)
Abdullah (UAE colonel)
Abrams tanks
Abu Dhabi Emirate
Abu Ghraib
AC-130 aircraft, Battle of Khafji
ACC (Air Combat Command)
Accidents to aircraft
ACE Team
Action Officer (AO), Horner as
Aerial victories
Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)
AFSPACE
Aggressor training
AH-1 aircraft, Battle of Khafji
AH-64A Apache attack helicopters
Air bases, Saudi Arabia
Airborne Corps
Air campaign
doubts of briefing
planning of
The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat, Warden
Air Combat Command (ACC)
Aircraft, technological revolution
Aircraft accidents
Aircraft carriers, deployment of
Air defense, against Iraqi threat
Air Defense Command
Air defense system, Iraqi, destruction of
Air Defense Weapons Center
Air Force, Iraqi
Air Force, U.S.
Horner and
inefficient policies
military doctrine
problems of
revolutionary changes
in Saudi Arabia
and space
temper tents
and Vietnam War
Air Force academy, Saudi
Air Force officers, Schwarzkopf and
Air Force Specialty Code
Air interdiction
Air Liaison Officers (ALOs)
Airlift aircraft
Airline, military, Desert Shield
Air National Guard
Air Operations Support Center
Airpower
future of
potential of
Powell and
Air Rescue Coordination Center
Air Rescue Service
Air sovereignty, CINC NORAD and
Air strikes, beginning of war
Air strike targets
INSTANT THUNDER plan
Iraqi units
NBC weapon sites
Scud missile sites
Air superiority
Air support for land forces
Air Tasking Orders. See ATOs
Air-to-air training
Red Flag program
Air-to-ground attack aircraft
Air Traffic Control System
Air Training Command
Al Dhafra, munitions storage area
Al-Firdus command-and-control bunker
Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia See also Battle of Khafji
Al Kharj Air Base
Allied aircraft, battle plan
ALOs (air liaison officers). See FACs (forward air controllers)
Alpino, Mario
Al-Qaeda
America, trust in
American culture, Saudis and
American qualities
Amphibious operations into Kuwait
Anderson, Jack
ANG RF-4C aircraft, accident
Anti-radiation missiles
Apache aircraft
Appearance standards
Applied Technology Incorporated (ATI)
Arab air forces, and Coalition
Arab fighter pilots
Arab leaders, Horner’s view of
Arab men, and women
Arab world:
business conduct
Horner and
ARCENT
and Patriot missiles
ARG (Amphibious Ready Group)
Armed Forces Staff College
Army, U.S.:
and air campaigns
battle lab training
and global positioning satellites
Tiger Brigade
Arnold, Steve
Arthur, Stan
Artillery, destruction of
Assura (Saudi colonel)
Asymmetric warfare
AT-37 Dragonfly aircraft
ATI (Applied Technology Incorporated)
ATOs (Air Tasking Orders)
changes in
D Day
distribution of
preparation of
problems of
training in use of
See also Frag (Fragmentary Order)
Authority, respect for, Vietnam War and
AV-8 aircraft
AWACS aircraft
Iran-Iraq War
and rescue missions
Saudi
Ayeesh, Mohammed Al-
Aziz, Abab Al-, al-Shaikh
Aziz, Tarik
B-2 aircraft
B-47 aircraft
B-52 aircraft
Battle of Khafji
leaflets dropped by
Baghdad, Iraq
attacks on
“Baghdad Billy,”
“Baghdad Bob,”
Bahrain, and Gulf War
Baker, Jim
Ballad of the F-111 Jock, Krapf
Ballistic missiles
Bandar bin Sultan, Prince of Saudi Arabia
Baptiste, Sam
daily routine
Barrineau, Jean
Barth, Tom
Barthelmous, Bill
Battlefield interdiction
Battlefield preparation
by air campaign
Battle of Khafji
Battle theater, in comparison to eastern U.S.
BE (bomb encyclopedia) number
Becko, Jack
Bedouins
Behery, Ahmed Al
Bell, BeBe
Bennet, Rich
Ben-Nun (Israeli Air Force General)
BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles
Bien, Lyle
Biological warfare. See Germ warfare
“Black boxes,”
“Black Hole” planning group
Blue Ball Express (Gulf War transport)
Blue Flag exercises
Blue-on-blue. See Friendly fire
Boeing 707 aircraft, specialized
Bomb damage assessment (BDA), and start of ground war
Bomber generals
Bomber school
Bomber stream tactics
Bond, Dick
Boomer, Walter
Battle of Khafji
Brickert, Mike
Bridges, destruction of
Briefings:
air campaign plan
battle plan
daily
on Iraq situation
Brilliance, technology and
British aircraft
British ground forces
Broadcast, global
Brokaw, Tom
Bureaucracy:
Fighter Mafia and
Horner and
and military policies
Red Flag program and
Bush, George
and air campaign
briefings
Business, Arab world
C-130 aircraft
Korean
leaflets dropped by
Saudi
Camp David briefing on Middle East situation
CAP aircraft
Career officers
Caruana, Pat
CAS. See Close air support
CBU-2s (munitions)
CENTAF
Horner as commander
CENTCOM (Central Command)
headquarters in Riyadh
and psychological warfare
CENTCOM Forward
Centralized decision-making
Creech and
Chairasell, Bill
Chan (sister of Le Ba Hung)
Change, military’s resistance to
Chaos, of war
Chaotic leadership style
Chase, Art
CHECKMATE team
Chemical weapons
Cheney, Richard
and biological warfare
and Coalition
December briefing for
meeting with King Fahd
Christon, Chris
CIA, and Cold War
CINC
and military planning
and rescue operations
See also Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
CINCNORAD
CINCSPACE
CINCSTRATCOM
Civilian casualties
Civilian populations:
germ warfare and
Scud missiles and
Clapper, Jim
Close air support (CAS)
Battle of Khafji
CNN (television)
and Battle of Khafji
and Iraqi air defenses
and Scud attacks
CNN effect
Coalition forces
aerial victories by unit
air bases
Battle of Khafji
Horner and
national leaders
and psychological warfare
Scud attacks on Israel and
training of
and will of enemy
Cole, USS
Collateral damage
Combat:
assignment of pilots to
space operations
stories from ground war
Wild Weasel missions
Combat Crew Training wing
Combat readiness, measure of
Combat search and rescue (CSAR)
See also SAR (search-and-rescue)
Combat units, tests of
Command and Control, Iraqi Freedom
Command-and-control system
Iraqi
Command center, combined
Commanders, and military plans
Commanders in Chief
Commando Solo
Command relationships
Common purpose, need for
Communications
buildup for war
in coalitions
disruption of
Iraqi, destruction of
Communication satellites
Compass Call (EC-130 aircraft)
Component commanders, December briefing
Computer-Aided Force Management System (CAFMS)
Computer technology
Control, as goal of warfare
Control and Reporting Center (CRC)
Control and Reporting Posts (CRP)
Control of air
Conventional Forces
Cooperation, among military services
U.S. and Arab forces
Copper Flag
Corder, John
Cornum, Rhonda
Corps commanders, ground forces
and target selection
Costs of air defense
Creech, W.L. “Bill,”
Air Force changed by
Crew chiefs
Crigger, Jim
Battle of Khafji
daily routine
Crist, George
Cruise missiles
C3IC
Cullivan, Sean
Current Operations
Current plans
Davies, Ray
DCINC (Deputy CINC)
D Day Plan
Debriefings
Decentralization, Creech and
Deception operation
Decision-making
Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites
Defensive air operations
de Gaulle, Charles
de la Billiere, Peter
Department of Defense (DOD) policies
Deployment of forces
Deptula, Dave
daily routine
Deputy Commanders
Desert Shield
Desert Storm
battlefield interdiction
Creech’s changes and
ground war
planning stages
rescues
space forces and
See also Iraqi Freedom
Desertion, by Iraqi troops
Deterrence, military
Dhahran Air Base
Scud attacks
Dietz (Air Force captain)
Dinners, official
Dip bombers
Direct Air Support Center
Discipline, military
problems
Dissimilar training
Dive Toss System
Divine purpose, Horner and
Dixon, Bob “Tidewater Alligator,”
Doman, Al
Donaldson, Sam
Dong Ha, North Vietnam
Donovan, Jack
“Doofer book,”
Downing, Wayne
Drug problems
Drummond, Gentner
Dugan, Mike
Duration of war, estimations
Duty officers
Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS
E-3 AWACS aircraft
EAC (Eastern Area Command, Saudi)
EARNEST WILL (Arabian Gulf operation)
Eberly, Dave
EC-130 aircraft (Commando Solo)
EC-130H aircraft (Compass Call)
ECM. See Electronic countermeasures
Economies of scale, centralization and
Edminsten, Bob
EF-111 aircraft
and “Baghdad Billy,”
Eglin AFB, Air Warfare Center
Egos:
Coalition and
of fighter pilots
Eighth Air ForceBombardment Wing
82d Airborne Division
823 Red Horse Squadron
Electronic countermeasures (ECM)
ELF-1 AWACS aircraft
Elitism of rated personnel
Embargo of Iraqi shipping, Navy and
Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
Enemy headquarters, attacks on
Enemy, knowledge of
Enlisted Air Force members, rated
Environment, control of
Environmental destruction by Iraqis
ER-142 (ATI black box)
Eskan Village
EWOs (electronic weapons officers)
Exchange ratios, Vietnam War
Exploration of space
F-4 aircraft, combat air patrol
F-4D aircraft, Dive Toss System
F-4E aircraft, Red Flag program
F-5 aircraft (Tiger Jet)
F-15 aircraft
and “Baghdad Billy,”
F-15C aircraft
Saudi
F-15E aircraft
and low-level tactics
tank plinking
WSOs
F-16 aircraft
Bharaini
Horner’s routine flights
Killer Scouts
leaflets dropped by
new technology
F-16C aircraft
F-18 aircraft
F-22 aircraft
F-80 aircraft
F-86 aircraft
F-100 aircraft
F-100D aircraft
F-105 aircraft (“Thuds”)
combat missions
shot down by MiG-17s
F-111 aircraft
and low-level tactics
oil valve bombing
F-111D aircraft
F-111F aircraft
F-117 aircraft
beginning of war
F-117A aircraft, “Puba’s Party,”
F/A-18 aircraft
FACs (forward air controllers)
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia
Failures:
fear of
in Gulf War
in Vietnam War
Falcon AFB, Colorado
Families of military personnel
Fantle, Sam
Faris (U
AE Colonel)
Farr, Jack
Fear
Iraqi people controlled by
Feeley, John F.
58th Fighter Wing
Fighter flights
Fighter generals
Fighter Mafia
Fighter pilots
Bush as
Horner as
training of
views of Vietnam War
widows of
Fighter Weapons Center
Fighter Weapons School (FWS)
Fighting Falcons. See F-16C aircraft
Fire trenches
1st MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force)
1st Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW)
Flight commanders
Flight leaders
Horner as
Flight training
FLOT (Front Line of Own Troops)
Flying, Horner and
Flying Squadron Operations
Fogerty, Bill
Fong (Major, aide to Yeosock)
48th Tactical Fighter Wing
mission of
and oil valve bombing
tank plinking
Forward air controllers. See FACs
4th Tactical Fighter Wing
Fourteenth Air Force
405th Fighter Wing
474th TWF, Horner as commander
492d Tactical Fighter Squadron
Fox, Jeff “Sly,”
Frag (Fragmentary Order)
See also Air Tasking Orders (ATOs)
Franks, Fred
and target selection
Franks, Tommy
Freeman, Chas
Free press
French forces in Gulf War
French training of Iraqi pilots
Friendly fire
Friendship, Arabs and
FROG (Free Over Ground Rocket) units in Kuwait
FSCL (Fire Support Coordination Line)
Fuel storage
Fuel supplies, Iraqi, destruction of
Functional Commanders in Chief
Functional commands
Marines and
Funding for space operations
Funerals
FWS (Fighter Weapons School)
Gaua service
GBU-15 bombs
GCC (Graduated Combat Capability) system
Generals, U.S.:
Horner’s view of
SAC
Geosynchronous (GEO) orbits
Germ warfare
inoculations against
Gibson, Mark “Hoot,”
Giddens, George
Gitchell, George
Gitchell, Mary Jo
See also Horner, Mary Jo Gitchell
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Glosson, Buster
battle plan
daily routine
Goff, Randy
Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act
Schwarzkopf and
and Special Operations
Gordon, Michael
GPS. See Global Positioning System
GPS bombs
GR-1 Tornadoes (aircraft), losses
Graduated Combat Capability (GCC) system
Graduated Pressure strategy
Grater (Air Force Captain)
Griffith, Tom
Ground campaign, plan for
Ground forces, air support for
Ground Forward Air Controllers (FACs)
Ground war, Desert Storm
Gulf Cooperation Council
Gulf War
air campaign plan
buildup for
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