Index Abbasid Caliphate, 2 Abd al-Aziz, Sabir (LtGen, Iraq), 154 Abd al-Ilah, Amir, 4, 5 Abd as Razzaq, 6 Abdullah as Salim, Sheikh Saad al- (Crown Prince of Kuwait), 21 Abu Bakr, 1 Abu Hadriyah, Saudi Arabia, 47 Abu Ja’far al-Mansur, 2 Acree, Clifford M. (LtCol), 83, 218, 245, 261, 264 Adair, Charles W. (LtCol), 242 Adams, Mark W. (LtCol), 242 Adams, Thomas R. (LCpl), 44 ‘Adi al-Mutairi, Sultan (MajGen, Saudi Arabia), 103, 119, 124–25, 127, 175 Admire, John H. (Col), 45, 52, 101, 103–4, 123, 125, 126, 130, 133, 154, 164, 195, 242 Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 8, 19, 285 Aguilar, Michael J. (LtCol), 177 Ahmad, Sultan Hashim, 213 Ahmadi ammunition storage facility, 87 Aidenbaum, Guido G. (Capt), 246, 247 Ain Zallab (Iraqi ship), 58, 260 Aircraft, U.S. AWACS (airborne warning and control system aircraft), 289 Bell AH-1J and AH-1T Sea Cobra, 17, 42, 79, 82, 145, 258 Bell AH-1W Super Cobra, 17, 38, 57, 79, 81–82, 104, 119, 120, 121, 125, 126, 130, 166, 187, 197, 198, 212, 259, 262, 265, 266 Bell UH-1N Iroquois (“Huey”), 38, 42, 44, 46, 57, 104, 145, 187, 198–99, 212, 260, 262 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 126, 151 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 85–86 Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight, 38, 41, 46, 61, 177, 187, 198, 263 C-130 Hercules, 86, 94, 139 Cobras, 168, 171, 177, 184 electronic warfare aircraft, 80 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (“Warthog”), 81, 82, 84, 87, 106, 114–15, 116, 117, 119, 128 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, 84, 106, 117 Grumman A-6 and A-6E Intruder, 17, 38, 46, 69, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 89, 96, 108, 117, 121, 141, 145, 148, 198, 203, 204, 216 Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 82, 106, 128–29, 262 Grumman EA-6B Prowler, 46, 69, 78, 80, 96, 141, 160, 220 Lockheed AC-130 Spectre, 119, 129, 262 Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, 78 Lockheed KC-130 Hercules, 46, 78, 220 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier and Harrier II, 38, 41, 46, 57, 69, 77, 79, 80–81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 89, 94, 104, 116, 117, 121, 128, 130, 146, 147, 148, 149–50, 156, 157, 171, 177, 187, 202, 216, 259, 261, 262, 263, 268 McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle, 79 McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, 119 McDonnell Douglas F-16C Fighting Falcon, 119 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A, F/A-18C and F/A-18D Hornet, 38, 46, 69, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83, 85, 89, 96,
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