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Eisenhower, Dwight D., 155<br />
electro-optical guidance missiles, 292<br />
Electronic Countermeasures pod, 170<br />
Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO)<br />
as crewmember on Super Sabre jets, 22, 23–24<br />
development of anti-SAM weapons and, 22, 23–24<br />
functions of, 22, 23–24<br />
Hampton’s interactions with, 48, 49, 50, 51–52<br />
importance of, 52–53<br />
at Incirik Air Base, 82<br />
at Spangdahlem Air Base, 48, 49, 50, 51–52<br />
training of, 23<br />
Elephant, seeing the<br />
colonel at Incirik and, 96<br />
combat veterans bonding and, 302<br />
Hampton as, 69–70, 97, 230<br />
Juice and, 294<br />
toast to, 87<br />
ELI (Iraq War call sign), 231–58, 259–77, 280, 282<br />
emergencies<br />
briefings about, 58<br />
check-flights and, 129<br />
close-air-support, 1, 2–3, 261, 279–80<br />
in-flight, 99–107<br />
rejoin points and, 176<br />
types of, 101<br />
See also flameout landings; sandstorm: landing during<br />
Emergency Power Unit (EPU), 102, 103, 107<br />
empty gas tank problem (Iraq War), 181–84<br />
England, air-to-ground training in, 59<br />
Ericson, Bob, 17<br />
Europe, U.S. Air Forces (USAFE) in, 127<br />
Ewald, Jim, 280<br />
extremist groups, 153. See also specific group<br />
EXXON 21 (Desert Storm call sign), 81<br />
F/A-18 jets, 135, 232<br />
F-4 jets<br />
CeeJay compared with, 141<br />
Cold War and, 48<br />
in Desert Storm, 66, 70, 72, 73, 74–76, 77<br />
23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron and, 47, 51–52<br />
in Vietnam War, 20, 28, 29<br />
in Yom Kippur War, 54<br />
F-14 jets, 135<br />
F-15 jets<br />
Air Combat Training and, 135, 136<br />
Cold War and, 48<br />
Desert Storm and, 67, 68, 71, 75, 76–77, 78–79, 81, 83
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