Chapters (25)
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Introduction
- I - Into the Wild Blue
- Chapter 1 - Every Man a Tiger
- Chapter 2 - The Big Lie
- Chapter 3 - The Vision of Bill Creech
- II - Shield in the Sky
- Chapter 4 - Mission to Jeddah
- Chapter 5 - CENTCOM Forward
- Chapter 6 - Planning the Storm
- Chapter 7 - Band of Brothers and Sisters
- III - The Thousand-Hour War
- Chapter 8 - Storm!
- Chapter 9 - Hits and Misses
- Chapter 10 - Lost and Found
- Chapter 11 - Punch and Counterpunch
- Chapter 12 - A Day in the War
- Chapter 13 - The Ten Percent War
- Chapter 14 - Shock and Awe
- Chapter 15 - Building Coalitions
- Chapter 16 - Beyond Iraqi Freedom
- Acknowledgements
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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Powell, Colin L. My American Journey. New York: Random House, 1995.
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INDEX
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