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A-10 jets, in Iraq War, 217, 232, 279–80, 281, 291–92, 293
Advanced Survival Training, 40–42
Afghanistan War, 124, 304
AGNEW (Iraq War call sign), 289, 290, 292–300
air bases
functions of, 143
living facilities on, 143–44, 145
MWR areas on, 143–44
procedures for aircraft getting in and out of, 80
structure of, 143
See also specific air base
Air Combat Command (ACC), 126–27
Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM), 135
Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI), 138–39
Air Combat Tactics (ACT), 135–37
Air Corps, Army, 126
Air Education and Training Command, 35
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), 151–52
Air Force, U.S.
budget for, 126–27, 303–4
careerists in, 154
deployment in Iraq War of, 306
development of anti-SAM weapons by, 21–29
generation gap among pilots in, 47–48
Hampton’s views about, 307
importance of instructors in, 132–33
importance of Iraqi threat to, 142
Major Commands of, 126–27
maps in modern, 219
Marine criticisms of, 212
medals in, 304
mentality of officers in, 124
no alcohol order of, 143–45
Numbered Air Forces (NAF) of, 127
post–Iraq War mentality in, 304
quality of training in, 33
structure of, 126–32
as sustaining long-term heavy operations, 142
as taking care of its personnel, 143