U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL NANCY CHESHIRE, AL-52 Dragon aircraft commander
U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE MAJOR WYATT CROSS, EB-52 Megafortress aircraft commander
U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE CAPTAIN MARK HOURS, EB-52 mission commander
AIR FORCE RESERVE CAPTAIN MARGARET “MUGS” LEWIS, EB-1C Vampire aircraft commander
BRIGADIER GENERAL HAL BRIGGS, deputy commander for operations (ground operations), First Air Battle Force, Battle Mountain Air Reserve Base, Nevada
MARINE CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR CHRIS WOHL, NCOIC, First Air Battle Force
U.S. ARMY FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLIE BRAKEMAN, Tin Man commando
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAPTAIN CHARLIE TURLOCK, CID engineer and pilot
U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST MARIA RICARDO, Tin Man commando
COLONEL MARTIN TEHAMA, commander, High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center (HAWC), Elliott Air Force Base, Nevada
CAPTAIN HUNTER “BOOMER” NOBLE, XR-A9 Black Stallion aircraft commander, Elliott Air Force Base, Groom Lake
FIRST LIEUTENANT DOROTHEA “NANO” BENNETON, Ph.D., Black Stallion mission commander
U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN WIL LEFFERTS, XR-A9 mission commander
U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JACK OLRAY, XR-A9 pilot
U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT LISETTE “FRENCHY” MOULAIN, XR-A9 mission commander
STACY ANNE BARBEAU, senior U.S. senator from Louisiana, ranking member of Senate Armed Services Committee; Colleen Morna, her aide
GENERAL CHARLIE ZOLTRANE, commander, Eighth Air Force
GENERAL COLLEEN EDGEWATER, commander, Air Force Matériel Command
ANN PAGE, Ph.D., former U.S. senator, astronaut, and space weapon engineer
COLONEL KAI RAYDON, Space Shuttle aircraft commander
CIVIL AIR PATROL CADET MASTER SERGEANT DOUG LENZ, Cadet Lieutenant Katelyn VanWie’s NCOIC
MAJOR-GENERAL HESARAK AL-KAN BUZHAZI, former chief of staff of the Iranian military
CIVIL AIR PATROL CADET LIEUTENANT KATELYN VANWIE, aka Shahdokht Azar Assiyeh Qagev, heir presumptive of the Peacock Throne of Iran
IMAM SAYYED MOSTAFA SHĪRĀZEMI, religious leader of Iran
MASOUD AHMADAD, president of Iran
BRIGADIER GENERAL MANSOUR SATTARI, Buzhazi’s aide
BRIGADIER-GENERAL KAMAL ZHORAM, commander of the Second Rocket Brigade of the Pasdaran-i-Engelab, or Revolutionary Guards Corps
GENERAL HOSEYN YASSINI, commander-in-chief, Iranian armed forces
FLIGHT CAPTAIN ALI-REZA KAZEMI, transport pilot
LIEUTENANT GENERAL MUHAMMAD BADI, commander of the Pasdaran (Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps)
COLONEL/GENERAL ALI ZOLQADR, replacement Pasdaran commander; Major Kazem Jahromi, his aide
AYATOLLAH HASSAN MOHTAZ, Director of the Supreme National Security Deputate and military adviser to the Faqih
MAJOR PARVIZ NAJAR, Lieutenant Mara Saidi, Katelyn’s bodyguards
COLONEL JAMAL FATTAH, chief political officer, Iranian embassy, Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan
LEONID ZEVITIN, president of the Russian Federation
GENERAL KUZMA FURZYENKO, Russian chief of staff
