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LAPEL (Iraq War call sign), 232, 235, 236, 242–56, 257, 280
LASER (Desert Storm call sign), 73, 74
laser-guided bombs, 137, 141
Laws of Armed Conflict, 186
Lead-In Fighter Training (LIFT), 39, 40
license to kill, in Iraq War, 6
Life Support Shop, 128
The Line (32nd Parallel), in Iraq War, 176, 178
line-abreast formations, 170
lineup card, 75, 243
Lips (Incirik pilot), 92, 93, 94–95
Local Area Orientation (LAO), 49–50
London Daily Mirror, 136
“loose deuce” formation, 171
low-altitude flying, 53–54, 55, 214, 286
Low Blow radar, 235
LUGER (Iraq War call sign), 1, 7–8, 12, 186, 192–94, 196, 242–44, 249, 250, 257
Luke Air Force Base (Arizona), 43–45
MAGIC (call sign), 62
Major Commands
of U.S. Air Force, 126–27
See also specific command
MAKO (Egyptian test flight call sign), 103, 104
man-portable systems (MANPADs), 55, 76, 146, 289
Manning, Scott “Zing” (Iraq War ELI Two call sign), 232, 244, 261, 262, 266–68, 271–77
maps, in Iraq War, 2, 219, 285, 290
Marines, U.S.
Baghdad attacks and, 215, 232, 237, 241, 279
beginning of Iraq War and, 183
at Nasiriyah (Iraq War), 1–13, 179, 185, 190, 210, 211–12, 213–14, 215, 229, 306
Saddam Hussein statue and, 285
in Vietnam, 18–19, 21
MARK point, 195
Mass Brief time, 84
Maverick missiles
Fighter Weapons School instruction and, 137
in Iraq War, 4, 6, 245, 289, 292–99, 301
Mission Qual checks and, 129
McDonnell Douglas, 28
McGee, Michael B., 213–14
McNamara, Robert, 26, 27
medals
awarding of, 304
for Desert Storm, 154
memories, Hampton’s views about, 308
Messerschmitt 109, German, 16
MFD. See Multi Function Displays
MiG jets