Dan Hampton - Viper Pilot

in Vietnam War, 25

Hussein, Saddam

Arches of Victory and, 279

capture of, 303

collapse of regime of, 285, 289

“day of sacrifice” declaration by, 210

death of, 303

Desert Storm and, 65, 67, 177

Dora Farms attack and, 178–80

Egyptian concerns about, 109

flight of, 282

Iraqi morale and, 215

Kurdish rebellion and, 177

Republican Guard orders from, 229

ROLAND missiles and, 281

Saudi views about, 149

start of Iraq War and, 177

statue of, 285

U.S. attempts to kill, 178–80, 270, 273

U.S. public views about, 158, 164

U.S. support for, 177–78

HYPER (Iraq War call sign), 242

Incirlik Air Base (Turkey)

briefings/planning at, 82–85

Hampton’s confrontation with a major and colonel at, 92–97

housing at, 97, 98

Officer’s Club at, 85–97

Patriot missile launch from, 81–82, 86, 87

return from Mosul/Desert Storm attack and, 80–97

“Stack” at, 80–82

as USAF base for NFZ enforcement, 143

Indonesian Air Force, 108

infrared (IR) missiles, 4, 5, 6, 55, 77, 156, 224, 266

Initial Point (IP), 72

Instructor Pilot (IP)

DOs as, 130

Flight Commanders as, 127

as SEFE, 130

as Weapons Officers, 130, 133

instructors

“dual” training and, 120–23

for FWIC, 137, 139–40

importance to Air Force of, 132–33

for LIFT, 39

at Spangdahlem, 48, 49, 50, 51–52

for UPT, 34–36, 37–38

See also Instructor Pilot; specific person

instrument approaches, sandstorm landing and, 195–208

Instrument Landing System (ILS), sandstorm landing and, 195–96, 203, 204, 205, 206

Instrument Qual checks, 129

Instrument Refresher course, 129

Integrated Air Defense System (IADs), 29, 146–47

Intelligence Shop, 128

inter-flight chitchat, 169–70

invincibility, Hampton’s views about, 167

Iran, 125, 195, 281

Iran-Iraq War, 147, 177, 289

Iraq

American victory in Desert Storm and, 142

“day of sacrifice” in, 210

defensive measures of, 145–46

entrenched military doctrine and, 124

Hampton’s first combat mission and, 66–80

Hampton’s views about, 123

Kuwaiti relations with, 144

military morale in, 147

no-fly zones and, 142

Russian/Soviet relations with, 109, 146

Saudi relations with, 144

on State Sponsors of Terrorism list, 177

technical shortcomings in, 146–47

U.S. air supremacy in, 147, 257–58

U.S. support for, 177–78

See also Desert Storm; Hussein, Saddam; Iran-Iraq War; Iraq War; Republican Guards, Iraqi

Iraq War

beginnings of, 167, 183–84

combat veterans in, 174

“day of sacrifice” during, 210

“decapitation” of Iraqi leadership and, 178–80

Desert Storm compared with, 301

Dora Farms strike and, 178–80

fall of Baghdad and, 300

Hampton’s last combat mission in, 289–300

Hampton’s missions in, 1–13, 259–77, 278–300

Hampton’s reconnaissance flight during, 216–30

Hampton’s views about, 167

impact of 9/11 on Americans and, 164, 167, 183–84

Iraqi battle plans for, 229–30

JEREMIAH (commander of all coalition air forces) orders during, 217–18, 229, 257

mission planning for, 2

offensive hard-kill mentality in, 301

official beginning of, 176

opening days of, 168–84

politics and, 167

propaganda leaflets in, 301

return of U.S. troops from, 303

sandstorms during, 2–3, 4–5, 9, 13, 185–88, 191–211, 215, 217, 220–22, 229

as solving Iraqi domestic problems, 177

statistics about, 300–301

U.S. Air Force deployment in, 306

and U.S. invasion of Iraq as act of terrorism, 184

U.S. successes in, 301–2

U.S. as winner of, 303, 305

veterans of, 305–6

weather role in, 215, 218–19, 229–30

See also sandstorms; specific mission

Iraqi Air Defense, 237

Iraqi Air Force, 79, 83, 147, 182, 218–19, 283, 284

Iron Hand missions, 24

Israel

Egyptian relations with, 110–11

Iraqi relations with, 180

Israeli Air Force, 54, 110, 138

Jackson, Mike, 155

jamming

in Desert Storm, 82, 301

development of anti-SAM weapons and, 18, 26–27

Iraq War and, 233, 269, 289, 297

Iraqi defense measures and, 146–47

Jell-O parties, 144

JEREMIAH (call sign), 217–18, 229, 257

Jeremiah Weed drink, 63, 87

Jet Fuel Starter (JFS) system, 102–3

Johnson, Lyndon B., 18, 26, 27

JRAY (call sign), 62

JSTARS jets, Iraq War and, 216, 218

“Juice” (Iraq War wingman), 294–95, 296, 298–99, 300

Karbola Gap (Iraq), 229

KARI (integrated air defense system), 146–47

KARMA (AWACS Iraq War call sign), 280, 290, 291, 292, 295, 296

KC airplanes. See tankers

Keirn, Richard “Pops,” 19–20, 21, 22

Kennedy, John F., 18

Kerrison Predictor, 15

Khan Bani Sad Air Field (Iraq), U.S. attack on, 269–77

Khobar Towers (Dhahran Air Base), attack on (1996), 149–53, 154

killboxes, in Iraq War, 176, 217, 244, 279, 282, 290

Kirkuk, Iraq, 83–85, 145, 290

Korat Air Base (Thailand), 24

Korean War, 16, 286

Kosovo, 2, 54, 155, 157–58, 174, 245

Kuwait

air-to-air refueling and, 190

Desert Shield and, 144

F-16 flights to Dhahran Air Base and, 119

Iraq relations with, 144

Iraq War and, 13, 190, 194, 196

Iraqi invasion of (Desert Storm), 65, 67

oil resources in, 147

sandstorm landing and, 194, 196

as USAF base for NFZ enforcement, 143

See also Desert Storm

Kuwait International Airport

empty gas tank problem and, 187

sandstorm landing and, 194, 198

Lajes Air Base (Azores), 302

Lamb, Al, 25

landings. See type of landing

LANDROLL target-tracking radar, 54–55

language differences, 104–5, 118, 122–23

LAPEL (Iraq War call sign), 232, 235, 236, 242–56, 257, 280

LASER (Desert Storm call sign), 73, 74

laser-guided bombs, 137, 141

Laws of Armed Conflict, 186

Lead-In Fighter Training (LIFT), 39, 40

license to kill, in Iraq War, 6

Life Support Shop, 128

The Line (32nd Parallel), in Iraq War, 176, 178

line-abreast formations, 170

lineup card, 75, 243

Lips (Incirik pilot), 92, 93, 94–95

Local Area Orientation (LAO), 49–50

London Daily Mirror, 136

“loose deuce” formation, 171

low-altitude flying, 53–54, 55, 214, 286

Low Blow radar, 235

LUGER (Iraq War call sign), 1, 7–8, 12, 186, 192–94, 196, 242–44, 249, 250, 257

Luke Air Force Base (Arizona), 43–45

MAGIC (call sign), 62

Major Commands

of U.S. Air Force, 126–27

See also specific command

MAKO (Egyptian test flight call sign), 103, 104

man-portable systems (MANPADs), 55, 76, 146, 289

Manning, Scott “Zing” (Iraq War ELI Two call sign), 232, 244, 261, 262, 266–68, 271–77

maps, in Iraq War, 2, 219, 285, 290

Marines, U.S.

Baghdad attacks and, 215, 232, 237, 241, 279

beginning of Iraq War and, 183

at Nasiriyah (Iraq War), 1–13, 179, 185, 190, 210, 211–12, 213–14, 215, 229, 306

Saddam Hussein statue and, 285

in Vietnam, 18–19, 21

MARK point, 195

Mass Brief time, 84

Maverick missiles

Fighter Weapons School instruction and, 137

in Iraq War, 4, 6, 245, 289, 292–99, 301

Mission Qual checks and, 129

McDonnell Douglas, 28

McGee, Michael B., 213–14