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mobile, 54, 72, 146, 235, 281, 305
shoulder-launched, 223, 224, 279–80
U-2 aircraft and, 17
UAVs and, 304
U.S. use of, 55
Vietnam War and, 19, 245
Wild Weasel missions and, 14, 290
Wild Weasel project and, 21–29
Wild Weasels mentality and, 301
See also specific attack or type of missile
sandstorm
during Iraq War, 2–3, 4–5, 9, 13, 185–88, 191–211, 215, 217, 220–22, 229
Hampton landing during, 191–211
Sardinia, air-to-air training in, 59
saturation bombing, 147
Saudi Arabia
alcohol in, 143–45
Desert Shield and, 144
Desert Storm and, 67, 147
Iraqi relations with, 144
Khobar Towers attack and, 149–53, 154
oil resources in, 147, 149
return from Iraq War missions and, 230
terrorism in, 149–53
U.S. relations with, 149, 152
as USAF base for NFZ enforcement, 143
See also Dhahran Air Base
Scheduling Shop, 128
Schwalier, Terry, 151, 152, 153, 154
Scud missiles, 180
search-and-rescue missions, 228–29
second passes/re-attacks, 228–29, 248–49
secondaries, Iraq War and, 241
security
appeasement and, 145
at Beni Suef Air Base, 114
Khobar Towers attack and, 150, 151, 152
post–Cold War needs for, 153
Semi Active Radar Homing (SARH), 54
sensor management, 157
September 11, 2001: attack on, 158–64, 183–84
77th Fighter Squadron, 127, 164, 211, 261, 283, 301
78th Fighter Squadron, 127
79th Fighter Squadron, 127
Seville, Spain
antiwar protest in, 165–66
Hampton’s stopover at, 164–66
Shaw Air Force Base (South Carolina), 127, 161, 162, 305
Shaykh Mazar Air Base (Iraq), 225–26