A-10s over Kosovo (illustrations removed)

Mk-82 500 lb general-purpose bomb, 11, 13, 41, 44, 48, 51–53, 57–58, 63–64, 94, 108, 110, 114, 124, 128, 147, 169, 187, 203, 237–38, 242, 245–46, 250, 262–63, 275, 279, 283, 285, 293, 296

Mk-83 1,000 lb general-purpose bomb, 110

Mk-84 2,000 lb general-purpose bomb, 110, 201

NBA (eastern Kosovo), 41, 111–12, 116, 276

NFL (western Kosovo), 41, 111, 115–16

night vision goggles (NVG), 188, 311

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 4–5, 8–9, 20–21, 26, 28, 32, 35–36, 68, 70, 76, 78, 81–82, 86, 92, 95–98, 105–6, 108, 111, 120, 123, 126, 132–33, 137, 143–45, 150, 153, 175, 177, 184, 194, 214, 221, 232, 243–44, 269, 299, 304, 308–12, 314

Novisad, Serbia, 218

O’Brien, John “Slobee,” 214, 218, 224, 231, 244, 246–48

on-scene commander (OSC), 217, 224–26

operational control (OPCON), 15, 20–21, 39

Operation Deliberate Force, 16, 25, 308

Operation Joint Forge, 86

Operation Southern Watch, 96

Osan, Korea, 126

Outlaw, 274–75, 278

Pave Penny, 11, 26–27, 45, 94

Pec, Kosovo, 30, 235, 297

personnel accountability team (PERSCO), 91

Personnel Locator System (PLS), 224

Peters, Whitten F., 101, 149

Piancavallo, Italy, 23

Piper, Laura, 277

Pirane, Kosovo, 57

Podujevo, Kosovo, 274, 277–79

Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, 18–19, 58, 72, 74, 76, 88–89, 91–92, 97, 139, 270, 273, 279, 287, 296–97, 312

prisoner of war (POW), 99, 105

Pristina, Kosovo, 63–64, 76, 112–13, 147, 245, 272, 274, 277, 288, 296

Prizren, Kosovo, 57, 124, 150–51, 158, 173–74, 199, 259

radar warning receiver (RWR), 224, 226

RAF Bentwaters, England, 16, 67, 116

RAF Lakenheath, England, 28

Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, 26, 71, 96, 121–22, 232

refuel, 43, 132, 160, 163–64, 220, 273

Regan, John “Scratch,” 18, 169–71, 182–85, 193

revetments (revets), 48–49, 296

Rogovo, Kosovo, 57

Royal Air Force (RAF), 78, 92, 101

rules of engagement (ROE), 29–31, 40, 105, 111, 127–28, 132–33, 137, 143–50, 152–53, 157–59, 161, 163, 177, 181–86, 189, 191, 193, 198, 243–45, 269, 278, 290, 292, 300

SA-6, 186, 197, 199, 203, 235–36, 288–89, 305

SAN-4, 199, 203

Sanders, Gregg “Lurch,” 70, 83

Sandy, 1, 9–10, 36–39, 45, 49, 82, 109, 111, 116, 126, 180, 186–87, 189, 214–15, 217–18, 220–31, 261, 299, 312

Schulze, Gregory A. “Snoopy,” 26–27, 232–33, 240, 267

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, 133, 305–6

search and rescue (SAR), 37, 214–30

Serbian/Serb army (VJ), 31–32, 36, 56, 58, 82, 108, 140–41, 213, 247, 273, 278

Serbian/Serb Interior Ministry police (MUP), 31, 56, 58, 82

Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, 69

Shenk, Michael J. “Hook,” 212, 231, 275

Short, Christopher “Junior,” 123, 268, 300, 316

Short, Michael C. “Senior,” 8, 21–22, 26, 30–32, 34–35, 39, 70, 77, 79–80, 85, 87, 101–02, 146, 149–50, 153–54, 158, 181, 184–85, 213, 268–70, 274, 285, 294–95, 300, 306, 310–11, 316

Sixteenth Air Force, 21, 26, 69–70, 88, 91

Skopje, Macedonia, 81, 118–22, 128, 275, 313

Smith, Stephen “Al,” 139, 147, 272

Sommers, Edward D. “Sped,” 180–82

spades, 274–75

Spangdahlem Air Base (AB) “Spang,” Germany, 10, 15–16, 18, 20–21, 25, 55, 58, 66–68, 70–71, 73–74, 76, 80, 83, 85–86, 88–89, 91–92, 95–99, 121, 126, 134–35, 139, 231–33, 256, 264–65, 287, 312

stan/eval, 55

steer-points, 256, 275

Straight Flush radar, 235

Strickland, Paul C. “Sticky,” 34, 186, 214, 269

Stuewe, Ronald F. “Stu,” Jr., 169, 180–82, 185, 195–97, 202

suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), 9–10, 23, 28–29, 32–33, 41, 106, 111–13, 116, 144, 182, 189, 206, 234–35, 237, 269, 273, 275, 307, 310, 312

supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR), 26–27, 143, 153, 232, 309

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), 86, 98, 175–76, 209, 300

surface-to-air missile (SAM), 9, 43, 63–65, 82, 106–7, 109–10, 113, 125, 129–30, 134, 144, 158, 160–61, 217, 224, 226–27, 229–30, 235, 240–41, 261, 263, 277, 288, 305, 310, 313

Swift, Daniel, 20, 184

talk-on, 44–45, 124, 203–4, 206, 245, 280, 289

Taszar Air Base (AB), Hungary, 38, 313

Thompson, Alan E. “Moose,” 19, 21, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 123, 149–50, 152, 182, 184–85, 193, 242, 247

Thompson, Wade “Biggles,” 29–30, 111, 198

Tirana, Albania, 149, 181, 184, 213

top three (squadron supervisors), 59, 150, 221, 228

Trapani Air Base (AB), Sicily, 15, 20–21, 38, 311, 313

Trostle, Donny, 293, 295

Truck Stop, 65, 286, 292

Tuzla Air Base (AB), Bosnia, 225

Uhler, Kenneth R. “Ken,” 139

Ulshafer, Joe, 271

United Nations (UN), 69, 299, 308, 311

United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), 19–21, 26, 40, 67, 70–71, 73, 79–80, 149–50, 232

Ure, David S. “Ajax,” 55

Urosevac (U-Town), 58, 60, 62, 113, 127, 166, 172, 240

US European Command (EUCOM), 18, 70, 232

Van Cleef, Scott P., 21, 39, 71, 76–77, 80

Vanderneck, Greg “V Neck,” 232

Vega 31, 25, 38–39, 212, 215, 217–18, 220–21, 223, 230–31, 233

Vicenza, Italy, 10, 22, 36, 150, 152, 158, 171, 175–76, 184–85, 267, 300

VJ (Serb army) MUP (Serb Interior Ministry police) Engagement Zone (VMEZ), 31

Vranje, Serbia, 81, 155–56, 166–67, 261–62, 279, 293, 295

vulnerability period (vul), 28, 33, 130, 132, 171, 195, 234–36, 245, 273, 294

Weber, Daniel L. “Dan,” 72

Wiersum, Chaplain Karl, 75

Willy Petes, 7, 11, 13, 41, 46, 54, 61, 63, 128, 190, 218, 281