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CONAN (Desert Storm call sign), 68, 76, 77, 78
“continuously computed release point” (CCRP), 269, 270
Crud (game), 88, 89, 90, 91, 95
CRUSHER (call sign), 62
Cuba, Anderson U-2 mission over, 18, 20
Cujo (Incirik pilot), 90, 91, 93
Customs House (Iraq War location), 192, 197, 201, 202, 205
“Daddy Rabbit” (instructor pilot), 35–36
Data Transfer Cartridge (DTC) port, 116–17
DDONG (call sign), 62
death
Hampton’s close call with, 230
Hampton’s views about, 167
See also Elephant, seeing the
decoys
in Iraq War, 221, 260, 269, 277, 294, 297
Little Buddy (AN/ALE-50), 221
Defense Department, U.S., history and development of SAMs and, 18
Defensive Air Combat Maneuvering, 135
Defensive Basic Fighter Maneuver, 134
DERBY. See ROMAN (Iraq War call sign): sandstorm landing and
Desert Shield, alcohol order during, 143–45
Desert Storm
activities north of Baghdad during, 290
Air Force officers mentality and, 124
beginning of, 65, 67
close-air-support in, 2
and debriefing and planning after Mosul attack, 80–85
Egypt and, 109
first day of, 66–97
goal of, 147, 149
Hampton’s feelings during, 166, 167
Hampton’s first combat mission and, 2, 66–80, 166
Hampton’s views about, 123
Iraq-U.S. relations and, 177
Iraq War compared with, 301
jamming and suppression focus of, 301
Kirkuk mission planning during, 83–85
loss of fixed-wing aircraft in, 245
military decorations for, 154
Mosul attack during, 66–80
propaganda leaflets for, 301
Taji railway station bombing during, 242
U.S. victory in, 142
veterans of, 155, 174
designated munition point of impact (DMPI), 245
Dethlefsen, Merlyn, 29
Detroit, Michigan, Saddam Hussein as honorary citizen of, 178