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Far East Command (FECOM): 5–8 Fulton Company: 304 Fulton, Jr., Robert Edison: 25 Fulton STARS: 294, 304, 308, 314, 378 Gabriel, Charles A.: 293–95 Geneva Accord: 11, 13 Goldwater–Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986: 287 Gulf War: 340, 366, 376 Heavy Chain: 1, 19–21, 38–39, 50, 52, 64, 67, 69–71, 73, 144, 150, 185, 291 Heavy Hook: 15–17, 19, 20, 80, 82–83, 88, 141 Ho Chi Minh Trail: 84 Holloway Commission: 230–32, 238–39, 246, 291 Huck rebellion: 10 Hussein, Saddam: 341, 347, 360, 366, 369, 376, 425 Indochina: 8, 10–11 Islamic Revolution: 341 Johnson, Lyndon B.: 13 Johnson, Roosevelt: 442–43 Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS): 1–2, 142, 231–32, 246, 273–74, 291, 295, 400 Joint Combat Talon II: 296 Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC): 291 JTF Force Capabilities Review: 247 Kennedy, John F.: 11–12, 19 Khrushchev, Nikita S.: 11 Korean War: 6, 8, 124, 406 MacArthur, Douglas: 5 Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF): 3–4 Military Air Transport Service (MATS): 7, 9, 124 Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG): 10 Minh, Ho Chi: 10–11 Missiles SA-2: 155, 457 SA-3: 457 SA-6: 457 SA-7: 421 SA-16: 7–9 MOD-70: 39, 48, 51, 67–71, 130–34, 157, 167–68, 185, 295, 297, 328 MOD-90: 39, 43, 49, 56, 71, 382–83, 385, 396 National Security Act of 1947: 5–6 National Security Council (NSC): 5, 10–11, 273–74, 303 Nixon, Richard M.: 139, 149, 156 Noriega, Manuel: 315, 317–21, 323, 332–35, 339 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): 125 North Korean Peoples Army (NKPA): 5 Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF): 2 Office of Strategic Services (OSS): 1–5, 10, 13, 15, 19, 29–30, 287, 403, 405, 409 Operations Allied Force: 455, 457 Anvil: 4 Assured Response: 419–20, 422–23 Balance Torch: 388 Bat: 297 Bevel Edge: 429 Blind Logic: 320 Blue Spoon: 320 Chile Flag: 406 Chile Flag 94-04: 406 Christmas Wish: 408, 453 Coldfeet: 28–30, 33 Deliberate Force: 407 Deny Flight: 404 Duke: 286 Eagle Claw: 212, 228, 230, 232, 239 Elaborate Maze: 320 Eldorado Canyon: 304 Firm Response: 435, 437 Gambler: 88 Guardian Assistance: 424 Guardian Retrieval: 435 High Flight: 438 Ivory Coast: 66, 143 Joint Endeavor: 407–8, 413–15, 419, 434 Joint Forge: 455 Joint Guard: 434 Jonathan: 183 Just Cause: 39, 313, 317, 320, 322, 334–35, 337, 339 Kingpin: 150 Krystal Ball: 320 Noble Anvil: 455 Nordic Retrieval: 439 Overlord: 4 Polar Circle: 139, 143 Prayer Book: 320 Promote Liberty: 320 Proven Force: 366, 376 Provide Comfort: 366, 376 Provide Comfort II: 376 Provide Promise: 404, 414 Provide Promise II: 391–92, 404 Rice Bowl: 181–82, 196, 205, 210, 212–13 Sea Angel: 369 Shadow Express: 442 Shepherd Venture: 441 Silver Anvil: 386–87 Silver Compass: 387 Silver Gauntlet: 387 Silver Hope: 393 Southern Watch: 431–32 Support Hope: 403–4, 406 Uphold Democracy: 395, 398, 401, 407–8 Urgent Fury: 268, 270–71, 273, 277, 281, 286–87, 292, 297, 313, 321, 323 operations plan (OPLAN): 2, 12–17, 84, 126, 131–32, 135, 141–42, 397 OPLAN 34A: 80 operational readiness inspection (ORI): 67, 70–71, 125, 127, 134–35, 168, 173, 212, 254–55, 299, 310–13, 339, 386, 388–91, 404, 425, 428, 434–35, 438–40, 445, 455 Orr, Verne: 293 Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): 183 Panamanian Defense Force (PDF): 318–21, 327, 329–30, 332–33 Powell, Colin: 400 Project 46: 304–6, 310–11, 314 psychological operations: 82–83, 88 psychological warfare (PSYWAR): 6–9, 62, 65, 248, 299 Reagan, Ronald: 245–46, 270, 273, 304, 319 487
Republican Guard: 358 Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 10 Schwarzkopf, H. Norman: 280, 284, 340, 343, 360, 363 Ships Abraham Lincoln: 374 California: 175 Clifton Sprague: 281 Guam: 280, 285 Independence: 274–75, 277, 280 Kitty Hawk: 191 Midway: 374 Missouri: 381 Nimitz: 175, 215, 211–12, 219–20, 223, 225 Roosevelt: 407 Texas: 175 Wisconsin: 364 Six-Day War: 341 Skyhook: 21, 26–28, 30–32, 37, 59–61, 71, 123 Son Tay Prison Raid: 64–65, 127, 136, 143, 145, 198 Southeast Asia (SEA): 1, 6, 10–11, 13, 19–20, 38, 47, 59–62, 65–66, 68, 70, 72, 77, 79, 82–84, 88, 123–25, 127, 130, 132, 139, 142–45, 148–51, 159–60, 164–65, 254, 262, 307, 356–57, 454 Soviet Union: 5–6, 10, 15, 28, 157, 272, 274, 280, 340–41, 393 Spaatz, Carl A.: 2, 4 Special Operations: 309 Stalin, Joseph: 6 Strategic Air Command (SAC): 9, 251 Stray Goose: 16, 19–21, 38, 48, 59–62, 65–66, 77, 79, 86, 123, 144, 358, 381 Sung, Kim Il: 403, 410 Surface-to-Air Recovery System (STARS): 6, 20–21, 24, 38–39, 48, 50, 59–61, 63–64, 83, 87–88, 123, 130, 196, 259, 262, 304, 312 Team Spirit: 265, 297, 307, 312 Thayer, Paul: 292–93 Thigpen, Jerry: 179–80, 187, 192, 209, 228–29, 240, 246, 258– 59, 270–71, 310–11, 317, 322, 324, 326–28, 330–31, 340, 389–90, 410 Timberwork: 15 Truman, Harry S.: 10 United States Army Air Force (USAAF): 2, 4, 15, 24–25 US Army Special Forces: 125–26, 128, 131, 164, 170, 172, 176, 251, 253–54, 261–62, 267–68, 270 Vance, Cyrus: 181 Viet Minh: 10–11, 13 Vietnam War: 70, 130, 136, 182, 198, 254, 256, 317, 337, 344, 355, 357–58, 394, 408, 416, 440 Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF): 16 Vietnamese Army: 10 World War I: 340 World War (WW) II: 1, 4–7, 9, 16, 24–27, 29–30, 50, 68, 79, 82, 124, 142, 287, 291, 317, 340, 356, 381, 394, 406, 411, 413, 449 488
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The Praetorian STARShip The Untold
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This book is dedicated to all Speci
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Contents Chapter Page DISCLAIMER .
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Page Col Don Britton, First Command
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Foreword As a young lieutenant flyi
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About the Author USAF Photo Col Jer
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The third factor driving approval o
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A Word from the Commander We in Air
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was changed forever. The US Army Wa
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Introduction Welcome to the world o
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system, the following three chapter
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move was partially driven by the Ai
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Chapter 1 Establishment of Combat T
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON coloc
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON Two d
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON immed
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON Life
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON condu
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON Precu
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT TALON were
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Chapter 2 The Combat Talon Weapons
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although the early Fulton modificat
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equipment malfunctioned, the more t
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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM Not
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP Once the Stray
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 1968: The Estab
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP terrain followi
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP assigned to the
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP making multiple
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Chapter 4 Combat Spear (The Vietnam
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COMBAT SPEAR quarters and were prov
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COMBAT SPEAR The study cited the fo
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COMBAT SPEAR proper crew rest could
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COMBAT SPEAR proper people. Moreove
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COMBAT SPEAR we never intended to e
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COMBAT SPEAR Christmas spirit and j
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COMBAT SPEAR with good radar target
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COMBAT SPEAR two loadmasters, and t
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COMBAT SPEAR was given up. The crew
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COMBAT SPEAR killed, and 187 were w
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COMBAT SPEAR volunteers shortly aft
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COMBAT SPEAR were provided to SOG b
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COMBAT SPEAR early as January 1970.
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COMBAT SPEAR r esources resulted. A
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COMBAT SPEAR live surface-to-air pi
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served as the squadron’s administ
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COMBAT SPEAR Korean government. 139
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COMBAT SPEAR marked the beginning o
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP prisoners of wa
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP 1973: Combat Ta
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP experienced wit
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Chapter 6 The Son Tay Prisoner of W
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Chapter 7 Between the Wars (1975-79
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BETWEEN THE WARS be undertaken in M
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BETWEEN THE WARS was established as
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BETWEEN THE WARS From 28 March to 1
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BETWEEN THE WARS during 1978 the sq
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Chapter 8 The Iranian Rescue Missio
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION shah had
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION were oth
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Crew 1 C
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION Since th
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION the resc
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NVG landings. Because of the short
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THE IRANIAN RESCUE MISSION the 1st
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PROJECT HONEY BADGER AND CREDIBLE S
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Chapter 10 From Desert One to Point
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Talon community. 8 The IFR modifica
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FROM DESERT ONE TO POINT SALINES an
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standard operating procedures for c
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to MAC’s newly formed Twenty-Thir
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plan, Colonel Hudspeth arrived in t
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP five-light syst
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PRAETORIAN STARSHIP the total force
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Chapter 14 Mount Pinatubo to Operat
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MOUNT PINATUBO TO OPERATION JOINT E
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major eruption occurred. Seismograp
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headquarters. For AFSOC McPeak’s
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culmination of years of hard work b
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flew a SOCEUR assessment team into
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fuel available at the new location
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Page 492 and 493: Person Date Location Recovery Pilot
Page 494 and 495: Partial Summary of Upgrades, MOD-90
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Page 506 and 507: Index Aircraft B-17: 2-4, 15, 17, 2
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