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statue of, 285
U.S. attempts to kill, 178–80, 270, 273
U.S. public views about, 158, 164
U.S. support for, 177–78
HYPER (Iraq War call sign), 242
Incirlik Air Base (Turkey)
briefings/planning at, 82–85
Hampton’s confrontation with a major and colonel at, 92–97
housing at, 97, 98
Officer’s Club at, 85–97
Patriot missile launch from, 81–82, 86, 87
return from Mosul/Desert Storm attack and, 80–97
“Stack” at, 80–82
as USAF base for NFZ enforcement, 143
Indonesian Air Force, 108
infrared (IR) missiles, 4, 5, 6, 55, 77, 156, 224, 266
Initial Point (IP), 72
Instructor Pilot (IP)
DOs as, 130
Flight Commanders as, 127
as SEFE, 130
as Weapons Officers, 130, 133
instructors
“dual” training and, 120–23
for FWIC, 137, 139–40
importance to Air Force of, 132–33
for LIFT, 39
at Spangdahlem, 48, 49, 50, 51–52
for UPT, 34–36, 37–38
See also Instructor Pilot; specific person
instrument approaches, sandstorm landing and, 195–208
Instrument Landing System (ILS), sandstorm landing and, 195–96, 203, 204, 205, 206
Instrument Qual checks, 129
Instrument Refresher course, 129
Integrated Air Defense System (IADs), 29, 146–47
Intelligence Shop, 128
inter-flight chitchat, 169–70
invincibility, Hampton’s views about, 167
Iran, 125, 195, 281
Iran-Iraq War, 147, 177, 289
Iraq
American victory in Desert Storm and, 142
“day of sacrifice” in, 210
defensive measures of, 145–46
entrenched military doctrine and, 124
Hampton’s first combat mission and, 66–80
Hampton’s views about, 123
Kuwaiti relations with, 144