A-10s over Kosovo (illustrations removed)

destruction of enemy air defenses (DEAD), 134, 206, 219, 243, 300

Dibble, James “Dribbs,” 269

dirtballs (dirt roads), 44, 52, 206, 280–81

Duckworth, Allen E. “JAKS,” 260, 264

Easterling, David “Beau,” 241

Eberhart, Jeffrey, 20, 26, 39

electronic countermeasures (ECM), 94, 96, 224, 287

Ellington, Stanley J. “Stan,” 75

Elliot, Amos, 125

Ellis, James O., Jr., 150

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), 96, 130

Feldhausen, Thomas J. “Bumpy,” 60, 279

fence, 78, 127, 261

field of view (FOV), 211

Fluhr, Philip “Dirt,” 40, 183, 259

Fortunato, Damien, 270

Frog-7, 54

Gebara, Andrew J. “Buffy,” 111, 130

Gibson, Scott “Glib,” 60–61, 215, 260

Gideon, Francis C., Jr., 258

Gioia del Colle Air Base (AB), Italy, 10–11, 15–16, 18–21, 34–35, 38–40, 42–43, 54, 58, 60, 62, 65, 67–80, 82–83, 87–91, 93–96, 99–101, 121–23, 132, 144, 149, 154, 171, 175, 179, 181, 192, 194, 259, 264, 267, 270, 292, 311–13

global positioning system (GPS), 194, 209, 211

Gnjilane (G-Town), Kosovo, 42–44, 113–14, 116–18, 279, 284

Gross, David E. “Devo,” 54, 203, 265, 294

Haave, Christopher E. “Kimos,” 1, 18, 21–23, 55–57, 67, 81, 102, 105, 121, 126–30, 137, 177, 186, 209, 233, 259, 265, 293–95, 299

Hamilton, Johnny L. “CBU,” 194–95, 234

Hammer 34, 38

hard deck, 30–31

Haun, Phil M. “Goldie,” 4, 25, 28, 40, 53, 69, 100, 109, 113, 115, 122, 128, 130, 133, 147, 212, 214, 231, 233, 295, 303

head-up display (HUD), 129, 155–57, 188, 210, 243, 289, 294

Heise, Craig “Walrus,” 36, 149, 269

Hendrix, John W., 149, 213

Hobbins, William T. “Tom,” 40, 232

Ide, Tay, 87

integrated-air-defense system (IADS), 3, 305, 310

isolated personnel report (ISOPREP), 215, 223, 225

Jackson, Jesse, 121

jammer, 23, 28–29, 234

Johnson, Colonel, 26, 153

Johnson, Richard A. “Scrape,” 111, 215, 218, 224, 228, 231, 240–42

Johnson, Stewart “Stu,” 23, 26, 152–53

joint air operations center (JAOC), 306

Jouas, Jan-Marc, 21, 39, 55, 71

Jumper, John P., 26, 84, 149, 232

Koechle, Mark “Coke,” 25, 111, 130, 149, 182, 211, 243–44

Kopacz, Joseph “Dice,” 171–72, 186–88, 192

Kosovo, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22–24, 26–32, 34–36, 38, 40–46, 48, 50, 52, 54–58, 60, 62–66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80–84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96–98, 100, 102, 105–6, 108–12, 114, 116–18, 120–24, 126, 128, 130–35, 137–38, 140, 142, 144–46, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156–58, 160, 162–64, 166–70, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192–200, 202–4, 206, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234–36, 238, 240, 242–46, 248–50, 252, 254, 256, 258–64, 266, 268–70, 272–74, 276–80, 282, 284, 286, 288, 290–94, 296, 299–300, 303, 308–14

Kosovo Engagement Zone (KEZ), 11, 19, 31–32, 34–36, 39–40, 56, 64, 69, 73, 87, 96, 105–7, 109, 138–39, 141–42, 144, 146–47, 158–59, 171–72, 174, 182, 189, 201–3, 206, 212–13, 233, 236–37, 241–42, 244, 249, 259, 267, 273, 290, 293–94, 296–97, 299, 311, 313

Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA, or, in Albanian, Ushtria Clirimtare E Kosoves [UCK]), 36, 145, 152, 213, 246, 308–9, 314

Kumanovo Valley, Serbia, 81, 155, 157, 166, 171, 261

Leaf, Daniel P. “Fig,” 20, 26, 39

Less, Joseph A. “Lester,” 29, 54–56, 58–59, 69–70, 72, 99, 113, 116–17, 122, 147–49, 157, 161, 166, 196, 209, 260–62, 272, 284, 291, 296–97

lines of communication (LOC), 42, 48

low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN), 27

low altitude safety and target enhancement (LASTE), 282

MacCauley, James “Jimbo,” 123

man portable air defense system (MANPADS), 111, 116–17, 125, 128, 193, 284, 310

Many, Rod, 72

Martin, Stuart C. “Co,” 291, 293

Matesick, Michael L. “Smokey,” 198–203, 207

Mays, Kirk M. “Corn,” 62–65, 187–88

McDonough, Francis M. “JD,” 132, 171, 173, 263

Meger, James P. “Meegs,” 63–64, 126, 148–49, 215–16, 218, 220, 222, 224–25, 227–28, 231, 234, 237, 239, 260

Milosevic, Slobodan, 9, 18, 58, 60, 65–66, 83, 97, 123, 126, 207, 267, 299, 308

Mister C’s, 23

Mk-1 eyeballs, 142, 166, 248, 301

Montenegro, 177, 179, 186–87, 189, 194, 199, 202–3, 288, 309

Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, 18, 97, 123

Mount Osljak, Kosovo, 83

Mount Pastrik, Kosovo, 146

munitions

AGM-65 Maverick, 1, 11, 30, 41–43, 46, 53, 57, 59–63, 72, 94, 112, 114, 124, 129, 147, 155–57, 161, 163, 168, 170, 181, 188–91, 194–96, 200–201, 209, 215, 218–19, 237–38, 240, 243, 246–48, 250, 262–63, 275, 279, 287, 290, 293–94, 296

AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile), 212, 217, 226–29

AIM-9 (infrared air-intercept missile), 41, 94, 120, 219, 250, 276, 287, 277

AMRAAM (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile), 301

BL-755 (British cluster bomb unit [CBU]), 48, 51,

bomblets (cluster bomb unit [CBU] submunitions), 14, 163, 248, 282, 289–90

CBU (cluster bomb unit), 14, 41, 48, 50–51, 53–54, 57, 110, 123, 128, 162, 182, 188, 194, 234, 237, 248, 270, 281, 283, 289–90, 293–95

CBU-87 (Combined Effects Munition [CEM]), 14, 160, 187, 194, 218, 270, 275, 279, 282, 287, 289, 293

GAU-8 Avenger (30 mm cannon), 1, 11, 41, 57, 59, 62, 129, 185, 192–93, 207

GBU-12/24 laser-guided bomb (LGB), 28–29, 41, 43–46, 65, 110, 114, 238