A-10s over Kosovo (illustrations removed)

F-105 (fighter), “Thud,” 1

F-111F (fighter), “Vark,” 307

F-117 (stealth fighter), “Nighthawk,” 11, 15, 21, 25, 27, 55, 83, 85, 95, 109, 135, 214–15, 266, 312

GR-7 (British fighter), “Harrier,” 23, 33, 41, 48–49, 51–52, 54, 57, 69, 74, 78, 110, 139–40, 152, 154, 200, 274, 313

Hunter (unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]), 33, 138

KC-135/KC-10 (tankers), “Stratotanker/Extender,” 9–10, 25, 28, 33–34, 37, 41–43, 47, 60, 64, 69, 111, 113, 123–25, 127, 138, 155, 158, 160, 163–65, 171–73, 175, 187–89, 192, 194, 200–201, 206, 209, 214–17, 220–22, 224–25, 233, 236–37, 239, 241–42, 245, 247, 258, 273, 307

Laser Predator (unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]), 33, 212

MH-53J (special operations helicopter), “Pave Low,” 10, 33, 215, 220

MH-60 (special operations helicopter), “Pave Hawk,” 33, 220

MiG-21 (Vietnam-era Serbian fighter), “Fishbed,” 310

MiG-29 (Serbian fighter), “Fulcrum,” 221–22

P-47 (World War II–era fighter), “Thunderbolt,” 1

Predator (unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]), 33, 141–42, 211–12, 247–48, 300

Super Etendards (French fighter), 23, 32, 110

TF-16 (Turkish fighter), “Fighting Falcon,” 33, 241

Tornado ECR (German electronic combat and reconnaissance), 32, 106

Tornado IDS (Italian ground-attack fighter), 32–33, 74, 78, 106, 110, 313

Air Combat Command (ACC), 70

air interdiction, 3–5, 26, 303–4

air and space expeditionary force (AEF), 92

air strike control, 6

air tactical missile systems (ATACMS), 304

air tasking order (ATO), 33–34, 36, 51, 77, 81, 99, 144, 296

airborne forward air controller (AFAC, FAC, and FAC[A]), 2–4, 6–8, 11, 13–14, 16, 18, 23–24, 26, 29, 31–39, 41, 44, 47, 55, 57, 60, 62, 72–73, 81, 95, 105–6, 109–11, 116, 124, 126, 128, 137, 139, 141–44, 146–48, 150, 152–54, 158, 160, 164, 166–68, 171–72, 175–76, 195, 200–201, 210–11, 231–34, 236, 240, 242, 244, 248, 259–63, 273–74, 279, 290–92, 296–97, 299–300, 303–4, 307, 310–14

AirLand Battle, 303–4

air-to-air refueling, 3, 25, 33, 42–43, 48, 63, 82, 160, 163–65, 172, 175, 215, 220, 222, 273, 288

Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AIRCENT), 232

Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH), 21, 26, 143, 158

Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), 70, 143, 150, 153

Amendola Air Base (AB), Italy, 68

antiaircraft artillery (AAA, triple-A), 27, 49–54, 59, 64, 82, 85, 106–7, 110, 116–17, 144, 146, 171, 192, 237, 239, 261, 263, 269, 277, 284–86, 288, 305, 310, 313

armored personnel carrier (APC), 36, 42–43, 46, 47, 54, 72, 82–83, 107, 108, 124, 128, 130, 139, 141, 148, 153–58, 161–63, 167–68, 237–38, 247, 263, 272, 296–97, 310, 312

artillery (arty), 45–47, 50–51, 279, 296

attitude direction indicator (ADI), 251–52, 254

auxiliary power unit (APU), 252–55

Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, 10, 15–16, 20–21, 23, 25, 54–55, 68, 87, 112, 218, 244, 249, 292

bandit, 275–78

Barnes Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Massachusetts, 20

Battle Creek Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Michigan, 19

battlefield air interdiction (BAI), 5, 304

bearing, range, altitude, and aspect (BRAA), 276

Belgrade Serbia, 62, 109, 121, 171, 217–19, 221, 226, 308–9, 312

bingo, 43, 63, 162–63, 217, 224, 229, 234, 286

Bitterman, Jim, 27

Boise Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Idaho, 19

bomb damage assessment (BDA), 36, 125–26, 248, 263, 270, 307

bootleg, 25

Brauner, Nathan S. “Foghorn,” 130, 263–64, 296

break, 62, 65, 82, 117, 129, 192, 200, 240, 242, 250, 254–55, 289, 292

Brindisi Air Base (AB), Italy, 10, 93

Broderick, “Bro,” 26

Brosious, Joseph S. “Joe Bro,” 185, 187–88, 191–92, 195, 197, 214, 217–31

Brotherton, Dawn M., 99, 101

Brotherton, Peter “Bro,” 34, 153, 157, 163, 166

Brown, David W. “Dave,” 48, 86, 282

Bullard, Kevin “Boo,” 58–59, 96

Camp Darby, Italy, 17, 71, 178

cannibalized (CANN) aircraft, 71, 87, 89

Card, Larry D. “LD,” 34, 105, 187, 193, 211, 215, 223, 225, 273–75, 279

Carpenter, Colonel, 26

Cerone, Scott R. “Hummer,” 287, 296–97

Cervia Air Base (AB), Italy, 256

Cheney, Richard B. “Dick,” 305

Cherrey, John A. “Buster,” 23, 39, 82–83, 214, 231, 233, 261

Clark, Wesley K., 26, 35, 232, 300, 309–11

Clinton, William J., 39

close air support (CAS), 1–4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 39, 197, 248, 261, 265, 274, 311, 314

combat air patrol (CAP), 144, 221, 234

combat search and rescue (CSAR), 1–3, 8–11, 13, 18, 24–26, 36–39, 67–69, 71–74, 80, 82, 87, 90–91, 95, 109, 111–12, 126, 180, 186, 188, 199, 202, 209, 212–14, 216, 219, 223, 261, 265–66, 277, 299, 312–13

combined air interdiction of fielded forces (CAIFF), 26–28, 31, 34, 56, 144

combined air operations center (CAOC, Interim or ICAOC-5), Vicenza, Italy, 5, 10, 22, 24–29, 31, 33–36, 38, 40, 56, 68–71, 73, 77, 106, 127, 130, 138–39, 141–42, 144–53, 159, 161, 164, 171–72, 174–77, 179–84, 186–87, 191, 198, 200, 202–3, 211–14, 216, 219–20, 233, 235–36, 246–48, 267–70, 272–73, 290–92, 299–300, 312

combined forces air component commander (CFACC), 77, 84, 143, 153, 310

counterbattery, 36, 141, 150

counterland, 4, 303

Curley, Michael A. “Scud,” 63, 123

Dahl, Arden B. “Surgeon,” 35, 171, 287

Dakovica, Kosovo, 113, 169, 173–74, 263

defensive counterair (DCA), 33

Derringer (reference point in Kosovo), 274–76, 288