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military morale in, 147
no-fly zones and, 142
Russian/Soviet relations with, 109, 146
Saudi relations with, 144
on State Sponsors of Terrorism list, 177
technical shortcomings in, 146–47
U.S. air supremacy in, 147, 257–58
U.S. support for, 177–78
See also Desert Storm; Hussein, Saddam; Iran-Iraq War; Iraq War; Republican Guards, Iraqi
Iraq War
beginnings of, 167, 183–84
combat veterans in, 174
“day of sacrifice” during, 210
“decapitation” of Iraqi leadership and, 178–80
Desert Storm compared with, 301
Dora Farms strike and, 178–80
fall of Baghdad and, 300
Hampton’s last combat mission in, 289–300
Hampton’s missions in, 1–13, 259–77, 278–300
Hampton’s reconnaissance flight during, 216–30
Hampton’s views about, 167
impact of 9/11 on Americans and, 164, 167, 183–84
Iraqi battle plans for, 229–30
JEREMIAH (commander of all coalition air forces) orders during, 217–18, 229, 257
mission planning for, 2
offensive hard-kill mentality in, 301
official beginning of, 176
opening days of, 168–84
politics and, 167
propaganda leaflets in, 301
return of U.S. troops from, 303
sandstorms during, 2–3, 4–5, 9, 13, 185–88, 191–211, 215, 217, 220–22, 229
as solving Iraqi domestic problems, 177
statistics about, 300–301
U.S. Air Force deployment in, 306
and U.S. invasion of Iraq as act of terrorism, 184
U.S. successes in, 301–2
U.S. as winner of, 303, 305
veterans of, 305–6
weather role in, 215, 218–19, 229–30
See also sandstorms; specific mission
Iraqi Air Defense, 237
Iraqi Air Force, 79, 83, 147, 182, 218–19, 283, 284
Iron Hand missions, 24
Israel
Egyptian relations with, 110–11
Iraqi relations with, 180
Israeli Air Force, 54, 110, 138