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Iraq War and, 166–67, 182–84, 191–98
return from Nasiriyah attack and, 191–98
77th Fighter Squadron at, 164, 166–67
Professional Military Education, 124, 130
Project Weasel, 21, 22–23
propaganda leaflets, 301
psychological games, in mock POW camp, 42
“pushing,” 202, 204
radar
blind spots/”notches” in, 53
Iraq War and, 168, 233, 264, 265
Iraqi defense measures and, 146
See also radar homing and warning receiver; Threat Warning Receiver; type of radar
radar homing and warning receiver (RHAW), 18, 21–22, 25, 26–27, 55
Radar Warning Display (RWD), sandstorm and, 196
Radio Baghdad, 180
Rafha Air Base (Saudi Arabia), 191
Raki (Turkish liquor), 89
RAMROD (Iraq War call sign), 217, 218, 227–29
Ramstein Air Base (Germany), 45
Range Control Officer (RCO), 63
Raytheon, 225
RAZOR (Desert Storm call sign), 67, 68, 72
Reagan, Ronald, 177
Red Flag Mission Debriefing System (RFMDS), 138–39
refueling
air-to-air, 79–80, 118–19, 178, 185–91
combat, 79–80
in Iraq War, 178, 185–91, 228, 250, 257, 282, 283, 290
See also tankers
rejoin points, in Iraq War, 175–76, 249, 293
Republic Aviation, 25
Republican Guards, Iraqi, 215, 227–28, 229, 242
Restricted Operating Zones, 46
Rew, Bill “Kanga,” 212–13, 214–15, 257, 292, 298, 307
“rifle” (shooting a Maverick missile), 245
The Right Stuff (movie), 39
ROLAND missiles, 55, 201, 232, 281, 296
Rolling Thunder air campaign (Vietnam War), 18, 26, 27
ROMAN (Iraq War call sign)
Nasiriyah attack and, 2–9, 11, 12, 213–14
sandstorm landing and, 186, 187, 188, 191–208
Rumaila oil fields (Iraq), 179
runways, Russian versus American, 101
Russia/Soviet Union
Egyptian relations with, 101, 114, 122
entrenched military doctrine and, 124
Iraqi relations with, 109, 146