Piancavallo, Italy, 23
Piper, Laura, 277
Pirane, Kosovo, 57
Podujevo, Kosovo, 274, 277–79
Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, 18–19, 58, 72, 74, 76, 88–89, 91–92, 97, 139, 270, 273, 279, 287, 296–97, 312
prisoner of war (POW), 99, 105
Pristina, Kosovo, 63–64, 76, 112–13, 147, 245, 272, 274, 277, 288, 296
Prizren, Kosovo, 57, 124, 150–51, 158, 173–74, 199, 259
radar warning receiver (RWR), 224, 226
RAF Bentwaters, England, 16, 67, 116
RAF Lakenheath, England, 28
Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, 26, 71, 96, 121–22, 232
refuel, 43, 132, 160, 163–64, 220, 273
Regan, John “Scratch,” 18, 169–71, 182–85, 193
revetments (revets), 48–49, 296
Rogovo, Kosovo, 57
Royal Air Force (RAF), 78, 92, 101
rules of engagement (ROE), 29–31, 40, 105, 111, 127–28, 132–33, 137, 143–50, 152–53, 157–59, 161, 163, 177, 181–86, 189, 191, 193, 198, 243–45, 269, 278, 290, 292, 300
SA-6, 186, 197, 199, 203, 235–36, 288–89, 305
SAN-4, 199, 203
Sanders, Gregg “Lurch,” 70, 83
Sandy, 1, 9–10, 36–39, 45, 49, 82, 109, 111, 116, 126, 180, 186–87, 189, 214–15, 217–18, 220–31, 261, 299, 312
Schulze, Gregory A. “Snoopy,” 26–27, 232–33, 240, 267
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, 133, 305–6
search and rescue (SAR), 37, 214–30
Serbian/Serb army (VJ), 31–32, 36, 56, 58, 82, 108, 140–41, 213, 247, 273, 278
Serbian/Serb Interior Ministry police (MUP), 31, 56, 58, 82
Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, 69
Shenk, Michael J. “Hook,” 212, 231, 275
Short, Christopher “Junior,” 123, 268, 300, 316
Short, Michael C. “Senior,” 8, 21–22, 26, 30–32, 34–35, 39, 70, 77, 79–80, 85, 87, 101–02, 146, 149–50, 153–54, 158, 181, 184–85, 213, 268–70, 274, 285, 294–95, 300, 306, 310–11, 316
Sixteenth Air Force, 21, 26, 69–70, 88, 91
Skopje, Macedonia, 81, 118–22, 128, 275, 313
Smith, Stephen “Al,” 139, 147, 272
Sommers, Edward D. “Sped,” 180–82
spades, 274–75
Spangdahlem Air Base (AB) “Spang,” Germany, 10, 15–16, 18, 20–21, 25, 55, 58, 66–68, 70–71, 73–74, 76, 80, 83, 85–86, 88–89, 91–92, 95–99, 121, 126, 134–35, 139, 231–33, 256, 264–65, 287, 312
stan/eval, 55
steer-points, 256, 275
Straight Flush radar, 235
Strickland, Paul C. “Sticky,” 34, 186, 214, 269
Stuewe, Ronald F. “Stu,” Jr., 169, 180–82, 185, 195–97, 202
suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), 9–10, 23, 28–29, 32–33, 41, 106, 111–13, 116, 144, 182, 189, 206, 234–35, 237, 269, 273, 275, 307, 310, 312
supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR), 26–27, 143, 153, 232, 309
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), 86, 98, 175–76, 209, 300
surface-to-air missile (SAM), 9, 43, 63–65, 82, 106–7, 109–10, 113, 125, 129–30, 134, 144, 158, 160–61, 217, 224, 226–27, 229–30, 235, 240–41, 261, 263, 277, 288, 305, 310, 313
Swift, Daniel, 20, 184
talk-on, 44–45, 124, 203–4, 206, 245, 280, 289
Taszar Air Base (AB), Hungary, 38, 313
Thompson, Alan E. “Moose,” 19, 21, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 123, 149–50, 152, 182, 184–85, 193, 242, 247
Thompson, Wade “Biggles,” 29–30, 111, 198
Tirana, Albania, 149, 181, 184, 213
top three (squadron supervisors), 59, 150, 221, 228
Trapani Air Base (AB), Sicily, 15, 20–21, 38, 311, 313
Trostle, Donny, 293, 295
Truck Stop, 65, 286, 292
Tuzla Air Base (AB), Bosnia, 225
Uhler, Kenneth R. “Ken,” 139
Ulshafer, Joe, 271
United Nations (UN), 69, 299, 308, 311
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), 19–21, 26, 40, 67, 70–71, 73, 79–80, 149–50, 232
Ure, David S. “Ajax,” 55
Urosevac (U-Town), 58, 60, 62, 113, 127, 166, 172, 240
US European Command (EUCOM), 18, 70, 232
Van Cleef, Scott P., 21, 39, 71, 76–77, 80
Vanderneck, Greg “V Neck,” 232
Vega 31, 25, 38–39, 212, 215, 217–18, 220–21, 223, 230–31, 233
Vicenza, Italy, 10, 22, 36, 150, 152, 158, 171, 175–76, 184–85, 267, 300
VJ (Serb army) MUP (Serb Interior Ministry police) Engagement Zone (VMEZ), 31
Vranje, Serbia, 81, 155–56, 166–67, 261–62, 279, 293, 295
vulnerability period (vul), 28, 33, 130, 132, 171, 195, 234–36, 245, 273, 294
Weber, Daniel L. “Dan,” 72
Wiersum, Chaplain Karl, 75
Willy Petes, 7, 11, 13, 41, 46, 54, 61, 63, 128, 190, 218, 281
Woodard, Ripley E. “Rubble,” 170, 212, 230–31, 249, 258, 273–77, 279–81, 283–86
Zoerb, Daniel “Doc,” 180
Zur, Kosovo, 198
About the Editors
Lt Col Phil M. “Goldie” Haun (BS, Harvard University; MA, Vanderbilt University) is from Cecilia, Kentucky, a weapons school graduate, and had A-10 assignments in England, Korea, Germany, and Alaska. Colonel Haun attended ACSC and SAASS and is curently serving as the operational officer of the 355th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Eielson AFB, Alaska.
Col Christopher E. “Kimos” Haave (USAFA) commanded 81st FS “Panthers” during Operation Allied Force (OAF) and is currently the commander of the 612th Air Operations Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, New Mexico. Kimos had A-10 assignments in England and Germany and flew AT-38s in New Mexico. Colonel Haave is Olmsted Scholar and a graduate of the French Joint Defense College.
