Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat (37 page)

SA-6 SAM

Cold War and, 54

in Desert Storm, 54, 83

in Iraq War, 242, 251, 265, 272, 273, 275, 281, 296, 301

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

SA-8 SAM, 54–55, 232, 265, 281

Saddam International Airport (Iraq).
See
Baghdad International Airport

Samarra, Great Mosque at, 293

SAMs (Surface-to-Air-Missiles)

air-to-air refueling and, 188

briefings about, 58, 83

CeeJay plane and, 141

Desert Storm and, 68–75, 88

difficulty of attacking and killing sites for, 245

history and development of, 15–29

improvement of Soviet, 26

Iraq War and, 168–75, 177, 178, 181, 182, 188, 212, 215, 217, 218, 220, 222–26, 232, 233–56, 259–65, 267, 268, 271–73, 275–77, 279–80, 281, 284, 285, 288, 291–92, 295–97, 301, 303

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

mentality in Air Force and, 304

methods for killing, 304–5

Mission Qual checks and, 129

mobile, 54, 72, 146, 235, 281, 305

shoulder-launched, 223, 224, 279–80

U-2 aircraft and, 17

UAVs and, 304

U.S. use of, 55

Vietnam War and, 19, 245

Wild Weasel missions and, 14, 290

Wild Weasel project and, 21–29

Wild Weasels mentality and, 301

See also
specific attack or type
of missile

sandstorm

during Iraq War, 2–3, 4–5, 9, 13, 185–88, 191–211, 215, 217, 220–22, 229

Hampton landing during, 191–211

Sardinia, air-to-air training in, 59

saturation bombing, 147

Saudi Arabia

alcohol in, 143–45

Desert Shield and, 144

Desert Storm and, 67, 147

Iraqi relations with, 144

Khobar Towers attack and, 149–53, 154

oil resources in, 147, 149

return from Iraq War missions and, 230

terrorism in, 149–53

U.S. relations with, 149, 152

as USAF base for NFZ enforcement, 143

See also
Dhahran Air Base

Scheduling Shop, 128

Schwalier, Terry, 151, 152, 153, 154

Scud missiles, 180

search-and-rescue missions, 228–29

second passes/re-attacks, 228–29, 248–49

secondaries, Iraq War and, 241

security

appeasement and, 145

at Beni Suef Air Base, 114

Khobar Towers attack and, 150, 151, 152

post–Cold War needs for, 153

Semi Active Radar Homing (SARH), 54

sensor management, 157

September 11, 2001: attack on, 158–64, 183–84

77th Fighter Squadron, 127, 164, 211, 261, 283, 301

78th Fighter Squadron, 127

79th Fighter Squadron, 127

Seville, Spain

antiwar protest in, 165–66

Hampton’s stopover at, 164–66

Shaw Air Force Base (South Carolina), 127, 161, 162, 305

Shaykh Mazar Air Base (Iraq), 225–26

Sheikh Isa Air Field (Bahrain), 193

“shock and awe,” 182–84.
See also
Iraq War

Shoe Clerks.
See
staff officers

Shops, 128–29, 130.
See also
specific shop

Sidewinder missiles

in Desert Storm, 77, 78

on F-16s in Egypt, 115

Fighter Weapons School instruction and, 135

Iraq War and, 220, 272

Situational Awareness display, 196, 263

Six-Pack, 245, 281, 282

“slapping the bull,” 281

“Slapshot,” 71

SLASH (call sign), 62

“Slewable Air Combat Maneuvering” mode, 76

Smart Pack, 194

SNOOP (Iraq War call sign), 280

Soesterberg Air Base (Netherlands), 86

Southern Watch deployment, 118

Southwest Asia, deployments in, 141–42

Space Command, U.S., 126

Spain

air-to-ground training in, 59–65

antiwar protests in, 165–66

F-16 flights to Dhahran Air Base and, 119

Hampton’s stopover in, 164–66

Spangdahlem Air Base (Germany)

Hampton at, 47–48, 49–53, 131

Hampton’s post-UPT choices and, 45

represented at Incirik officer’s club, 86

squadron commander at, 131

Special Operations Command, U.S., 126, 162–63

Spies Like Us
(movie), 39

“spin-up,” 133

SPOOK (call sign), 62

spotters, Iraq War, 281

squadron commander(s), 130, 131, 212

squadron patches, 85–86

STAB (Iraq War call sign), 291, 292, 300

“Stack,” 80–82

staff officers, at Incirik officer’s club, 90–97

“Stand Up” ritual, 36

Standardization and Evaluation Flight Examiner (SEFE), 129, 130

Standardization and Evaluation Shop, 128–29

“staple” weapon, 238–39

Stimulated Flameout Approaches, 129

STOIC (Iraq War call sign), 168–75, 181, 182

STORM’N (call sign), 62

Storm’n Norman (ELI 21 call sign), 184, 214–15, 280, 282, 283, 307

STRAIGHT FLUSH radar, 54

“sucker holes,” 260–61

The Sun Also Rises
(movie), 64

Super Sabre jets

as first anti-SAM planes, 22–23

in Vietnam War, 24, 25, 26

“Support the Troops” movement, 163

“Surface Attack.”
See
bomb-dropping

Surface Attack Tactics (SAT), 138

Surface-to-Air-Missiles.
See
SAMs;
type of SAM

survival training, 40–42

Syria

Iraqi-Israeli relations and, 180

SA-6s and, 54

T-37 jet trainers, 34, 36, 37

T-38 jet trainers, 37, 39, 40

Tactical Air Command (TAC), 39

Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), 39

Tactics Officers, Desert Storm veterans as, 155

Taji (Baghdad suburb), 242, 243, 247, 251, 256

Taliban, 124

Tallil Air Field (Iraq), 280

tanker pilots, at Incirik officer’s club, 86

tankers

in Desert Storm, 67, 76, 79–80, 81–82

F16s flight to Dhahran Air Base and, 118–19

Iraq War and, 7–8, 12, 186, 187–91, 192, 216, 228, 235, 242, 267, 281, 289, 290, 291, 300

9/11 and, 158

no-fly zones and, 142

See also
refueling

tapes and mission planning materials, sandstorm landing and, 208

Target Arm.
See
Weapons Officers

Target Designator (TD) box, 77, 78, 239, 246, 251, 255

Target Management switch, 269

targeting

Iraqi defense measures and, 146

See also
HARM

Tartar Lake (Buhayrat ath Tharthar) (Iraq), 249–50, 291, 292, 294

TARZAN (Desert Storm call sign), 81

technology

and anticipation of battles with Iraq, 145–46

Iraq-U.S. relations and transfer of, 177–78

Iraq War and, 170

missile, 245

TENDON (Iraq War call sign), 187, 188, 191, 192, 193

10 Percent Rule, 87

terrorism

Hampton’s views about, 163–64

U.S. invasion of Iraq as act of, 184

See also
Khobar Towers;
specific
person or organization

Tet Offensive (Vietnam War), 27

Texas A&M Corps, 42

Texas Instruments, 156

3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2, 213.
See also
Iraq War: Nasiriyah attack during

3rd Infantry Division, 183, 210, 229, 232, 280

33rd Fighter Wing, 136

Thorsness, Leo, 29

Threat Warning Receiver (RWR)

Desert Storm and, 70

EWO talents and, 52–53

Iraq War and, 6, 182, 217, 219, 223, 226, 233, 234, 236–39, 252, 256, 259, 262, 272, 275, 277, 284, 285, 294, 296

325th Fighter Wing, 136

363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, 211

363rd Expeditionary Operations Group, 211, 212, 284

363rd Operations Group, 284

388th Fighter Wing, 115–20

Tikrit (Iraq), 282, 290, 291, 298, 299, 303

Tikrit South Air Field (Iraq), 295, 296

Time Over Target (TOT), 84, 138

TITUS (Iraq War call sign), 250

TOGA (Iraq War call sign), 250, 290

Tomahawk missiles, in Iraq War, 173, 180

Tonkin Resolution (Vietnam War), 18

Toogood, Ian “Notso,” 219–20, 228, 229

Top Gun
(movie), 48

TORCH (Desert Storm call sign), 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 81

Torrejón Air Base (Spain), 68, 86

TOXIC (Iraq War call sign), 280, 281

tracers, in Iraq War, 11, 173, 222, 223, 225, 232, 233, 237, 247, 285, 298

training

Advanced Survival Training, 40–42

centrifuge, 39–40

during Cold War, 59–61

“dual,” 120–23

of early Wild Weasels, 23–24

for F-16CJ “CeeJay,” 157

as fighting the last war, 42–43

LIFT, 39

post-UPT training programs for, 39–45

RTU, 43–45

UPT, 31–39

See also
type of training

Training Shop, 128

TRON (Desert Storm call sign), 68

TU-16 bombers “Badgers,” Russian, 114

Turkey

return from Mosul flight and, 76–80

See also
Incirik Air Base

Turkish Air Force, 79, 83

TV bombs, 137

20th Fighter Wing, 127, 147–48, 159–60, 212

20th Operations Group, 127

23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron “Fighting Hawks,” Hampton’s assignment to, 47–48, 49–53

27th Fighter Squadron, 126

TWO DOGS (call sign), 62, 71, 74, 86, 93–94, 282

Tyndall Air Force Base (Florida), 136

U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, 16–18, 20

UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), 290–91, 300, 304

Umm Qasr (Iraq), attack on, 183

Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT)

advanced phase of, 37–38

beginner’s phase of, 31–36

Drop Night for, 38–39

graduation from, 45

instructors for, 34–36, 37–38

ranking for, 38

selection of students for, 32

United States

impact of 9/11 on, 163–64, 183

resilience of, 163

Upper Heyford Air Base (England), 86

U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), 127

U.S.S.
Maddox,
18

U.S.S.
Turner Joy,
18

V Corps, U.S. Army, 213, 215

Vance Air Force Base (Oklahoma), 32, 39, 40

“The Vault”

function of, 57, 131–32

at Incirik Air Base, 82–83

Vic (sargeant at Costa Brava), 63

VICTOR (Iraq War call Sign), 219

Vietnam War

air campaigns in, 18

beginning of, 18

end of ideology of, 164

fighter pilot veterans of, 47

“graduated escalation” in, 26, 27

Incirik colonel’s missions during, 96, 97

missile technology during, 245

Operation Linebacker in, 28

retirement of pilots from, 155

survival training and, 42

Tet Offensive in, 27

U.S. casualties in, 27

U.S. pullout of forces in, 28–29

Wild Weasel project and, 21–29

Wailing Bench (Nellis Air Force Base), 139

war

Hampton’s views about, 307–8

See also
specific war

WARDOG.
See
ROMAN (Iraq War call sign): sandstorm landing and

Wasserfall SAM, 16

Weapons Officer

Desert Storm veterans as, 155

flight lead as, 220

Mission Commanders as, 84

9/11 and, 158

as Patchwearer or Target Arm, 132, 133, 137

requirements for, 132

responsibilities of, 132

SEFEs as, 130

selection of, 133

Vault as responsibility of, 132

See also
Fighter Weapons Instructor Course; Fighter Weapons School

Weapons and Tactics Shop, 128

Weasels/weaseling.
See
Wild Weasels

weather

Iraq War and, 215, 218–19, 229–30

See also
sandstorms

Westinghouse, 26

WICKED (Iraq War call sign), 216, 217, 218, 219, 226–27, 228, 229

wild-porpoise maneuver, 255

“Wild Weasel Song,” 93

Wild Weasels

awards and honors for, 29

battle cry of, 14, 24

CAS and, 2

casualties among, 25, 29

changes in planned missions of, 290

characteristics of, 304–5

code words and, 282

creation of, 19–20, 21

Desert Storm and, 65, 72

development of anti-SAM weapons and, 21–29

diversity in attacks by, 251

EWOs as heart of, 53

first combat mission of, 24

Fobair death and, 21

as focused on hunting and killing SAMS, 2, 21–29, 272

in Germany, 49

impact on Iraq War of, 215, 301, 305

importance of, 29, 304–5

Maverick missiles and, 292

mission of, 73

Mission Qual checks for, 129

mottos of, 75

night flying and, 176

post-Iraq War concerns of, 303–4

roaming of, 282

role of environment in attacks by, 279

rotation to Dhahran of, 147

unknown threats and, 236

in urban areas, 279

in Vietnam War, 19–20, 21–29

YGBSM as battle cry for, 14, 25

See also
specific fighter wing
or mission

Williams Air Force Base (Arizona), 32

Wing Commander, Khobar Towers attack and, 152

wings, U.S. Air Force

commanders of, 127

groups in, 127

Within Visual Range (WVR) Air Combat Tactics, 135

WOOKIE (call sign), 62

World Bank, 27

World War I, 15, 75, 126, 279

World War II, 15–16, 126, 155, 173, 215

YGBSM (You’ve Gotta Be Shittin’ Me) battle cry, 14, 24

Yom Kippur War (1973), 54

Zaragoza Air Base (Spain), 59–65

Zero, Japanese, 16

ZING (call sign), 62