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warriors in, 306<br />
washing out of, 37<br />
Air Superiority Command, 126<br />
air superiority/supremacy<br />
Hampton’s views about, 137<br />
in Iraq, 147, 257–58<br />
Air-Tasking Order (ATO) “Frag,” 84<br />
air-to-air missiles, 236<br />
air-to-air radar<br />
Iraq War and, 172, 186, 200, 201, 226, 248, 268, 271, 272–73<br />
9/11 and, 162<br />
sandstorm landing and, 200, 201<br />
air-to-air tactics, categories of, 135<br />
air-to-air training, 59, 136–37<br />
air-to-ground missiles. See type of missile<br />
air-to-ground training, 59<br />
Air Training Command (ATC), 39<br />
Air War College, U.S., 212<br />
Airborne Warning and Control System. See AWACS<br />
AJ’s bar (Panama City, Florida), 157<br />
AK-47 jets, 6, 267<br />
Al-Jaber Air Base (Kuwait), 194, 209<br />
al-Qaeda, 124, 151, 162<br />
al-Udeid Air Base (Qatar), 179, 193<br />
alcohol<br />
prohibition on, 143–45<br />
See also Apfelkorn; beer; Jeremiah Weed<br />
Ali al-Salem airfield (Kuwait)<br />
Hampton at, 211–15<br />
Iraq War and, 194–95, 198–215<br />
Operations Group commander at,<br />
211–13, 214–15<br />
sandstorm landing and, 194–95, 198–211<br />
welcoming colonel at, 208–10, 215<br />
Alternate Gear Handle, 122<br />
AM-RAAM missiles, 115<br />
Anderson, Rudolph, 17–18, 20<br />
anti-aircraft guns/fire (Triple-A)<br />
briefings about, 58<br />
in Desert Storm, 73, 83<br />
history and development of, 15–29<br />
in Iraq War, 168, 173, 174, 180, 212, 215, 218, 222–26, 231, 233–38, 240–41, 244, 246–48, 251, 253, 255–<br />
57, 262–68, 271, 272, 274, 277, 279, 284–88, 291, 292, 294, 297, 301<br />
Iraqi defense measures and, 146<br />
in Korean War, 286<br />
Soviet development of, 54<br />
UAVs and, 304<br />
in Vietnam War, 245<br />
anti-radiation missiles, 8, 24, 174. See also HARM missiles; HARM Targeting System
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