UTM—Universal Transverse Mercator, a map grid system
VHF-AM—radio transmitting over very high frequencies using amplitude modulation and commonly referred to as “victor”
VID—visual identification
vis—brevity term for visibility
VJ—Serb army
VMEZ—Serb army (VJ) and Serb Interior Ministry police (MUP) engagement zone
vul—scheduled periods of time when the KEZ was vulnerable to AFACs looking for and striking targets
VVI—vertical velocity indicator
Willy Pete—slang phonetic expression for 2.75-inch white-phosphorous rockets
WP—white phosphorous
Zulu—the time at the prime meridian that is used for military planning and is also known as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Greenwich mean time (GMT)
2S1 self-propelled artillery, 112–13
20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), 10
21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), 10
23d Fighter Group (FG), 26, 92, 139
31st Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), 16, 20, 25–26, 29, 68–69, 71, 311
31st Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), 20, 26, 67
36th Stormo, Italian fighter wing, 78
40th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS), 75
40th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron (ELS), 19, 75
40th Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), 15, 19–21, 39, 67, 71–76, 85, 100, 106, 139, 182, 242, 247
40th Expeditionary Support Squadron (ESS), 19
52d Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), 15, 20–21, 71, 76, 83, 85, 134
52d Fighter Wing (FW), 16, 35, 39, 70, 80, 139
74th Fighter Squadron (FS), “Flying Tigers,” 11, 15, 18–21, 27, 39, 72–76, 89, 91, 96–98, 270, 273, 287, 296, 312
75th Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 58, 97
81st Fighter Squadron (FS), “Panthers,”10, 15–16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 40, 54–59, 64, 66, 68, 70–71, 73, 75, 86, 91–92, 96, 109, 126, 131, 203, 232, 244, 247, 264–67, 271, 287, 300, 311–13
103d Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 19
104th Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), “Killer Bees,” 15, 19–21, 313
131st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 11, 15, 20–21
172d Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 19
190th Fighter Squadron (FS), 15, 19
492d Fighter Squadron (FS), 26
494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 26
510th Fighter Squadron (FS),
“Buzzards,” 16, 23, 29, 56, 67–68
555th Fighter Squadron (FS), 26
603d Air Control Squadron (ACS), 68
606th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), 256
Adriatic Sea, 8, 23, 38, 57, 60, 68, 82, 99, 177, 180, 187–88, 194, 202, 251, 253, 273, 288, 292, 294, 312
advanced echelon (ADVON), 89
A-1E (Korean War–era fighter/Vietnam-era FAC), “Skyraider” and “Sandy,” 1, 312
A-10/OA-10 (fighter) “Thunderbolt II,” “Warthog,” and “Hog” armament, 1, 11–15, 41, 46, 58, 62, 94–95, 287
beddown, 67–80, 86–96, 99–103, 292
combat action, 36, 46, 54, 57–59, 62, 85, 112, 115–16, 124–30, 155–57, 166–69, 197–207, 214–30, 237–40, 245–48, 280–83, 288–90, 299–300
combat damage, 116–21, 261–63
defensive reaction and survivability, 53–54, 63–65, 106–7, 110–11, 116–21, 124–30, 240–43, 274–77, 283–86
design and limitations, 1, 46, 209
double-engine failure, 249–58
equipment and systems, 1, 26–27, 210–12, 249–58
lineage and nomenclature, 1–2
maintenance, 57, 90–96, 194–95, 271–72
media, 27, 132, 135, 243
performance, 29–30
ROE impact, 29, 59–60, 85, 132–33, 143–53, 157–63, 169–97, 242–43, 290–92
roles and missions, 3–11
training, 40, 84
units, 15–21
AMX (Italian fighter), 33, 110
CF-18 (Canadian fighter), “Hornet,” 32, 41, 43–45, 54, 110
E-2C, (airborne early warning), “Hawkeye,” 33, 127–28
E-3 (airborne warning and control system [AWACS]/NATO airborne early warning [NAEW]), “Magic,” 6, 9–10, 23–24, 28, 33, 73, 111–13, 116, 144, 187–88, 194, 201–4, 206–7, 219–22, 224–27, 230, 254–56, 274–77, 288
E-8 (joint surveillance, target attack radar system [Joint STARS/JSTARS]), 23, 27–28, 33, 138–39, 142, 146, 297, 304, 310
EA-6B (electronic jammer), “Prowler,” 9, 23, 28–29, 33, 106, 111, 189, 206, 277, 312
EC-130E (airborne battlefield command and control center [ABCCC]), “Moonbeam” and “Bookshelf,” 5–6, 9–10, 23–24, 28, 33–34, 38, 43, 46, 48, 51, 57, 63, 127, 141–42, 144, 146–48, 150–52, 159–61, 169–70, 172–73, 189, 201, 211–12, 219, 223, 229, 231, 235, 241–42, 245–47, 273, 286, 290, 300
EC-130H (tactical information warfare), “Compass Call,” 33
EF-18 (Spanish fighter), “Hornet,” 33, 110
F-4G (defense suppression), “Wild Weasel,” 68, 307
F-14 (fighter/airborne forward air controller), “Tomcat,” 8, 32–34, 167–68, 110, 210, 242, 296–97, 313
F-15A and F-15C (air superiority fighters), “Eagle,” 38, 221
F-15E (air superiority fighter/precision attack), “Strike Eagle,” 5, 23, 26, 28–29, 33, 41–43, 46–47, 54, 109
F-16AM (Dutch fighter), “Fighting Falcon,” 23, 33
F-16CG, (fighter/FAC), “Fighting Falcon,” 8, 11, 16, 23, 26, 28, 32–33, 91, 110, 139, 210, 216–17, 222, 237, 307, 311, 313
F-16CJ (defense suppression), “Fighting Falcon,” 9, 21, 23, 26, 28–29, 33, 69, 85, 106, 116, 189, 216–17, 226–27, 230, 275, 312
F/A-18 (fighter), “Hornet,” 33, 65, 110, 128, 168
F-84 (Korean War–era fighter), “Thunderjet,” 1
F-84F (Korean War–era fighter), “Thunderstreak,” 1
F-100F (fighter/FAC), “Hun” and “Misty,” 170
F-104 (Italian fighter), “Starfighter,” 78, 313
