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
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)