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Powers U-2 flight and, 17

and training as fighting the last war, 43

Vietnam War and, 19, 26

See also Cold War

RWR. See Threat Warning Receiver

SA-1 SAM, 17

SA-2 SAM

Desert Storm and, 68–69, 71, 83

development of anti-SAM weapons and, 21–22, 23, 24, 25

as fixed site, 54

in Iraq War, 168, 169, 178, 265, 292, 295–98, 300, 301

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

low-altitude flying as counter tactic to, 53–54

“notches” in, 53

training of Wild Weasels to fight, 23

U-2 flights and, 17–18

Vietnam War and, 20, 21–29

SA-3 SAM

in Desert Storm, 72, 74, 83

in Iraq War and, 168–72, 174, 175, 178, 181–82, 233–35, 237, 244, 246–49, 252–54, 256, 257, 265, 266, 282, 291, 292, 301

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

SA-6 SAM

Cold War and, 54

in Desert Storm, 54, 83

in Iraq War, 242, 251, 265, 272, 273, 275, 281, 296, 301

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

SA-8 SAM, 54–55, 232, 265, 281

Saddam International Airport (Iraq). See Baghdad International Airport

Samarra, Great Mosque at, 293

SAMs (Surface-to-Air-Missiles)

air-to-air refueling and, 188

briefings about, 58, 83

CeeJay plane and, 141

Desert Storm and, 68–75, 88

difficulty of attacking and killing sites for, 245

history and development of, 15–29

improvement of Soviet, 26

Iraq War and, 168–75, 177, 178, 181, 182, 188, 212, 215, 217, 218, 220, 222–26, 232, 233–56, 259–65, 267, 268, 271–73, 275–77, 279–80, 281, 284, 285, 288, 291–92, 295–97, 301, 303

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

mentality in Air Force and, 304

methods for killing, 304–5

Mission Qual checks and, 129

mobile, 54, 72, 146, 235, 281, 305

shoulder-launched, 223, 224, 279–80

U-2 aircraft and, 17

UAVs and, 304

U.S. use of, 55

Vietnam War and, 19, 245

Wild Weasel missions and, 14, 290

Wild Weasel project and, 21–29

Wild Weasels mentality and, 301

See also specific attack or type of missile

sandstorm

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

Hampton landing during, 191–211

Sardinia, air-to-air training in, 59

saturation bombing, 147

Saudi Arabia

alcohol in, 143–45

Desert Shield and, 144

Desert Storm and, 67, 147

Iraqi relations with, 144

Khobar Towers attack and, 149–53, 154

oil resources in, 147, 149

return from Iraq War missions and, 230

terrorism in, 149–53

U.S. relations with, 149, 152

as USAF base for NFZ enforcement, 143

See also Dhahran Air Base

Scheduling Shop, 128

Schwalier, Terry, 151, 152, 153, 154

Scud missiles, 180

search-and-rescue missions, 228–29

second passes/re-attacks, 228–29, 248–49

secondaries, Iraq War and, 241

security

appeasement and, 145

at Beni Suef Air Base, 114

Khobar Towers attack and, 150, 151, 152

post–Cold War needs for, 153

Semi Active Radar Homing (SARH), 54

sensor management, 157

September 11, 2001: attack on, 158–64, 183–84

77th Fighter Squadron, 127, 164, 211, 261, 283, 301

78th Fighter Squadron, 127

79th Fighter Squadron, 127

Seville, Spain

antiwar protest in, 165–66

Hampton’s stopover at, 164–66

Shaw Air Force Base (South Carolina), 127, 161, 162, 305

Shaykh Mazar Air Base (Iraq), 225–26

Sheikh Isa Air Field (Bahrain), 193

“shock and awe,” 182–84. See also Iraq War

Shoe Clerks. See staff officers

Shops, 128–29, 130. See also specific shop

Sidewinder missiles

in Desert Storm, 77, 78

on F-16s in Egypt, 115

Fighter Weapons School instruction and, 135

Iraq War and, 220, 272

Situational Awareness display, 196, 263

Six-Pack, 245, 281, 282

“slapping the bull,” 281

“Slapshot,” 71

SLASH (call sign), 62

“Slewable Air Combat Maneuvering” mode, 76

Smart Pack, 194

SNOOP (Iraq War call sign), 280

Soesterberg Air Base (Netherlands), 86

Southern Watch deployment, 118

Southwest Asia, deployments in, 141–42

Space Command, U.S., 126

Spain

air-to-ground training in, 59–65

antiwar protests in, 165–66

F-16 flights to Dhahran Air Base and, 119

Hampton’s stopover in, 164–66

Spangdahlem Air Base (Germany)

Hampton at, 47–48, 49–53, 131

Hampton’s post-UPT choices and, 45

represented at Incirik officer’s club, 86

squadron commander at, 131

Special Operations Command, U.S., 126, 162–63

Spies Like Us (movie), 39

“spin-up,” 133

SPOOK (call sign), 62

spotters, Iraq War, 281

squadron commander(s), 130, 131, 212

squadron patches, 85–86

STAB (Iraq War call sign), 291, 292, 300

“Stack,” 80–82

staff officers, at Incirik officer’s club, 90–97

“Stand Up” ritual, 36

Standardization and Evaluation Flight Examiner (SEFE), 129, 130

Standardization and Evaluation Shop, 128–29

“staple” weapon, 238–39

Stimulated Flameout Approaches, 129

STOIC (Iraq War call sign), 168–75, 181, 182

STORM’N (call sign), 62

Storm’n Norman (ELI 21 call sign), 184, 214–15, 280, 282, 283, 307

STRAIGHT FLUSH radar, 54

“sucker holes,” 260–61

The Sun Also Rises (movie), 64

Super Sabre jets

as first anti-SAM planes, 22–23

in Vietnam War, 24, 25, 26

“Support the Troops” movement, 163

“Surface Attack.” See bomb-dropping

Surface Attack Tactics (SAT), 138

Surface-to-Air-Missiles. See SAMs; type of SAM

survival training, 40–42

Syria

Iraqi-Israeli relations and, 180

SA-6s and, 54

T-37 jet trainers, 34, 36, 37

T-38 jet trainers, 37, 39, 40

Tactical Air Command (TAC), 39

Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), 39

Tactics Officers, Desert Storm veterans as, 155

Taji (Baghdad suburb), 242, 243, 247, 251, 256

Taliban, 124

Tallil Air Field (Iraq), 280

tanker pilots, at Incirik officer’s club, 86

tankers

in Desert Storm, 67, 76, 79–80, 81–82

F16s flight to Dhahran Air Base and, 118–19

Iraq War and, 7–8, 12, 186, 187–91, 192, 216, 228, 235, 242, 267, 281, 289, 290, 291, 300

9/11 and, 158

no-fly zones and, 142

See also refueling

tapes and mission planning materials, sandstorm landing and, 208

Target Arm. See Weapons Officers

Target Designator (TD) box, 77, 78, 239, 246, 251, 255

Target Management switch, 269

targeting

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

See also HARM

Tartar Lake (Buhayrat ath Tharthar) (Iraq), 249–50, 291, 292, 294

TARZAN (Desert Storm call sign), 81

technology

and anticipation of battles with Iraq, 145–46

Iraq-U.S. relations and transfer of, 177–78

Iraq War and, 170

missile, 245

TENDON (Iraq War call sign), 187, 188, 191, 192, 193

10 Percent Rule, 87

terrorism

Hampton’s views about, 163–64

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

See also Khobar Towers; specific person or organization

Tet Offensive (Vietnam War), 27

Texas A&M Corps, 42

Texas Instruments, 156

3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2, 213. See also Iraq War: Nasiriyah attack during

3rd Infantry Division, 183, 210, 229, 232, 280

33rd Fighter Wing, 136

Thorsness, Leo, 29

Threat Warning Receiver (RWR)