394 │ INDEX EAG. See European <strong>Air</strong> Group Eastern Europe, 8, 20, 153, 176, 246, 282 East German armed <strong>for</strong>ces, 152, 165–66 East Germany, 165, 167, 172 East Timor, 39, 182 EATC. See European <strong>Air</strong> Transport Command EBO. See effects-based operations École supérieure de guerre aérienne (Advanced School of <strong>Air</strong> Warfare), 116 ECR. See electronic combat/reconnaissance EDA. See European Defence Agency effects-based operations, 5, 41–42, 45–46, 190, 253, 311, 313 Eindhoven, 25–26, 173–74, 237, 260 electronic combat/reconnaissance, 99, 164, 178–80, 195, 197. See also Tornado ECR electronic warfare, 130, 175, 320, 322 11 September, 4, 14, 21, 37, 39, 84, 86, 98, 111, 152, 154, 157, 162, 184, 223–24, 247, 283, 301, 341 Entebbe, 109 EPAF. See European Participating <strong>Air</strong> Forces EPAF EAW. See European Participating <strong>Air</strong> Forces’ Expeditionary <strong>Air</strong> Wing Erhac, Turkey, 198 Eritrea, 231, 245 ESDI. See European Security and Defence Identity ESDP. See European Security and Defence Policy ESGA. See École supérieure de guerre aérienne (Advanced School of <strong>Air</strong> Warfare) Estonia, 21, 54, 185, 247, 286 Ethiopia, 231, 245, 304 EU. See European Union EU <strong>Air</strong> Rapid Response Concept, 22, 96, 132, 171, 204, 348, 352 EU <strong>Air</strong> RRC. See EU <strong>Air</strong> Rapid Response Concept EU battle group, 22, 171, 286–87, 291, 313 EUFOR. See European Union Force EU Force Catalogue 2006, 298 EURAC. See European <strong>Air</strong> Chiefs Conference EU Rapid Response <strong>Air</strong> Initiative, 22, 171 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Security Forum, 302 Eurofighter Typhoon. See under aircraft by designation Euro Hawk HALE RPA, 201 European <strong>Air</strong> Chiefs Conference, 98, 192 European <strong>Air</strong> Group, 24–26, 98, 132, 173, 175, 237, 348, 354 European <strong>Air</strong>lift Centre, 25–26, 173–74, 237 European <strong>Air</strong>lift Coordination Cell, 25–26, 99, 173 European <strong>Air</strong> Transport Command, 26, 56, 98, 132, 164, 173–74, 204, 237, 260, 342–43, 345 European Defence Agency, 55–56, 315 European Participating <strong>Air</strong> Forces, 235–36, 255 European Participating <strong>Air</strong> Forces’ Expeditionary <strong>Air</strong> Wing, 234, 236, 243, 265 European Security and Defence Identity, 17, 19–20, 93–94, 232 European Security and Defence Policy, 3, 7, 16–19, 22, 24–26, 95–96, 115, 122, 132, 170, 190, 192, 233–34, 263, 295–97, 306, 321, 337, 345 European Union, 3, 6, 16–20, 22, 26, 39, 55–56, 93, 95–96, 109–10, 132–33, 158–59, 162, 169–71, 174, 181, 184, 187, 190, 194, 201, 204–6, 223, 225, 233–34, 260, 265, 281–83, 286–87, 291, 295–98, 301–3, 313, 319, 345, 348, 352, 356, 361 European Union Force, 109–10, 184 European Union Military Committee, 22 EU RRAI. See EU Rapid Response <strong>Air</strong> Initiative extended air defence, 64, 202, 236, 240, 264 F-4F Phantom. See under aircraft by designation F-5A. See under aircraft by designation F-15. See under aircraft by designation F-16. See under aircraft by designation F-35. See under aircraft by designation F-104 Starfighter. See under aircraft by designation F/A-18. See under aircraft by designation Facon, Patrick, 119 FBEAG. See Franco British European <strong>Air</strong> Group FBW. See fighter-bomber wing Federal Constitutional Court (Germany), 178, 181, 184 Fifth Republic, 81 fighter-bomber wing, 151, 164 Finland, 17, 54, 279, 286, 293, 295 Finnish Military Academy, 311 FLA. See Future Large <strong>Air</strong>craft flexible response, 186–87 FLIR. See <strong>for</strong>ward-looking infrared Flygvapnet 2000, 289, 320–21 Fokker. See under aircraft by designation Forces aériennes françaises (French Aerial Forces), 112, 118 <strong>for</strong>mer Yugoslavia, 131, 234, 238, 266–67, 294 Fort Bliss, Texas, 174 Fort Hood, Texas, 237 Fort Rucker, Alabama, 237 <strong>for</strong>ward-looking infrared, 256 Fourth Republic, 81
INDEX │ 395 Franco-Belgian Advanced Jet Training School, 98 Franco-British European <strong>Air</strong> Group, 24, 98 Franco-German army corps, 93 Franks, Tommy, 253 French military planning law, 84, 86–87, 89, 91–92, 95, 123–28, 130 French Navy, 91, 96, 101, 108, 122, 131 Frisian flag, 238, 299 FüAk. See Führungsakademie Führungsakademie, 188–91, 251, 253, 311 Functional Defence, A (2009 Government Bill, Sweden), 283–84, 286–87, 291–92, 321, 324 Funnell, R. G., 45 Future Large <strong>Air</strong>craft, 198 GAF <strong>Air</strong> Operations Command (Kommando Operative Fϋhrung Luftstreitkräfte), 162–63, 172, 190 Gatow, 165 Gaullist, 92, 95, 135 GBAD. See ground based air defence GBU-12 LGB, 124 GBU-24 LGB, 197 GDP. See gross domestic product General Dynamics, 255 general staff (Germany), 188–89 general staff officer programme (Sweden), 310–12 genocide, 38, 109, 245–46 Georgia, 281, 283–84, 294, 303 Gepard self-propelled, radar-guided antiaircraft gun, 167–68, 231 German <strong>Air</strong> Force Command, 160, 162–63 German <strong>Air</strong> Force Support Command, 160–61 German <strong>Air</strong> Transport Command, 160, 164, 174 German Democratic Republic, 166 German reunification, 10, 152–53, 156, 161, 165–67, 176–77, 193, 195–96, 203, 338 Global Hawk HALE RPA, 54, 62, 201 Global Positioning System, 31, 124, 194, 197, 317, 358 Godderij, P. J. M., 248 Goose Bay, Canada, 174, 238 Gotland (island), 302 GPS. See Global Positioning System gradualism, 106 Graydon, Sir Michael, 44 Great Britain, 1, 17, 29, 32, 34, 58, 98, 156, 161, 199 Gripen. See under aircraft by designation gross domestic product, 230, 263, 338–39 ground based air defence, 6, 28, 56, 64, 105, 111, 115, 159, 165, 182, 202, 228–29, 248, 264, 268, 320 Group of Eight (G8), 111 GSO programme. See general staff officer programme (Sweden) Guidelines <strong>for</strong> Operational Planning (NATO), 188, 310 Gulf War, 4, 13, 31, 41, 44, 46, 49, 86–87, 176 Guttenberg, Karl-<strong>The</strong>odor zu, 153, 158 HALE RPA. See high-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft Hammond, Grant T., 252–53 Harding, Sir Peter, 43–44 Harfang SIDM (système intérimaire de drone MALE [interim MALE RPA system]), 130 HARM. See high-speed anti-radiation missile Hawk missile, 91, 163–65, 202, 228, 240, 264, 293 Headline Goal 2010, 18–19, 22, 26, 56, 171 Helios II, 200 Helsinki Headline Goal, 18, 22, 56, 96, 191, 344, 361 Heron MALE RPA, 201 HG 2010. See Headline Goal 2010 HHG. See Helsinki Headline Goal high-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft, 54, 62, 201, 204, 339, 344, 357 high-speed anti-radiation missile, 59, 180, 197, 204, 241 High Wycombe, UK, 24, 98 Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 175 Horner, Charles A., 221, 238, 351 Horn of Africa, 245 Iceland, 185 identification, friend or foe, 103, 121, 317, 322 IDS. See interdiction-strike IFF. See identification, friend or foe IFOR. See Implementation Force IL-76. See under aircraft by designation Implementation Force, 179 Incirlik <strong>Air</strong> Base, Turkey, 103 India, 84 Infinite Reach (Operation), 37 Infrared Imaging System—Tail/Thrust Vector- Controlled, 58, 196, 202, 318 integrated air defence, 151, 165, 184, 226, 240, 247 intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, 56, 61–62, 130, 345 interdiction-strike, 194, 197 International Committee of the Red Cross, 304–5
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