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
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)