A-10s over Kosovo

130–35, 137–38, 140, 142, 144–46, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156–58, 160, 162–64, 166–70, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192–200, 202–4, 206, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234–36, 238, 240, 242–46, 248–50, 252, 254, 256, 258–64, 266, 268–70, 272–74, 276–80, 282, 284, 286, 288, 290–94, 296, 299–300, 303, 308–14

Kosovo Engagement Zone (KEZ), 11, 19, 31–32, 34–36, 39–40, 56, 64, 69, 73, 87, 96, 105–7, 109, 138–39, 141–42, 144, 146–47, 158–59, 171–72, 174, 182, 189, 201–3, 206, 212–13, 233, 236–37, 241–42, 244, 249, 259, 267, 273, 290, 293–94, 296–97, 299, 311, 313

Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA, or, in Albanian, Ushtria Clirimtare E Kosoves [UCK]), 36, 145, 152, 213, 246, 308–9, 314

Kumanovo Valley, Serbia, 81, 155, 157, 166, 171, 261

Leaf, Daniel P. “Fig,” 20, 26, 39

Less, Joseph A. “Lester,” 29, 54–56, 58–59, 69–70, 72, 99, 113, 116–17, 122, 147–49, 157, 161, 166, 196, 209, 260–62, 272, 284, 291, 296–97

lines of communication (LOC), 42, 48

low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN), 27

low altitude safety and target enhancement (LASTE), 282

MacCauley, James “Jimbo,” 123

man portable air defense system (MANPADS), 111, 116–17, 125, 128, 193, 284, 310

Many, Rod, 72

Martin, Stuart C. “Co,” 291, 293

Matesick, Michael L. “Smokey,” 198–203, 207

Mays, Kirk M. “Corn,” 62–65, 187–88

McDonough, Francis M. “JD,” 132, 171, 173, 263

Meger, James P. “Meegs,” 63–64, 126, 148–49, 215–16, 218, 220, 222, 224–25, 227–28, 231, 234, 237, 239, 260

Milosevic, Slobodan, 9, 18, 58, 60, 65–66, 83, 97, 123, 126, 207, 267, 299, 308

Mister C’s, 23

Mk-1 eyeballs, 142, 166, 248, 301

Montenegro, 177, 179, 186–87, 189, 194, 199, 202–3, 288, 309

Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, 18, 97, 123

Mount Osljak, Kosovo, 83

Mount Pastrik, Kosovo, 146

munitions

AGM-65 Maverick, 1, 11, 30, 41–43, 46, 53, 57, 59–63, 72, 94, 112, 114, 124, 129, 147, 155–57, 161, 163, 168, 170, 181, 188–91, 194–96, 200–201, 209, 215, 218–19, 237–38, 240, 243, 246–48, 250, 262–63, 275, 279, 287, 290, 293–94, 296

AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile), 212, 217, 226–29

AIM-9 (infrared air-intercept missile), 41, 94, 120, 219, 250, 276, 287, 277

AMRAAM (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile), 301

BL-755 (British cluster bomb unit [CBU]), 48, 51,

bomblets (cluster bomb unit [CBU] submunitions), 14, 163, 248, 282, 289–90

CBU (cluster bomb unit), 14, 41, 48, 50–51, 53–54, 57, 110, 123, 128, 162, 182, 188, 194, 234, 237, 248, 270, 281, 283, 289–90, 293–95

CBU-87 (Combined Effects Munition [CEM]), 14, 160, 187, 194, 218, 270, 275, 279, 282, 287, 289, 293

GAU-8 Avenger (30 mm cannon), 1, 11, 41, 57, 59, 62, 129, 185, 192–93, 207

GBU-12/24 laser-guided bomb (LGB), 28–29, 41, 43–46, 65, 110, 114, 238

Mk-82 500 lb general-purpose bomb, 11, 13, 41, 44, 48, 51–53, 57–58, 63–64, 94, 108, 110, 114, 124, 128, 147, 169, 187, 203, 237–38, 242, 245–46, 250, 262–63, 275, 279, 283, 285, 293, 296

Mk-83 1,000 lb general-purpose bomb, 110

Mk-84 2,000 lb general-purpose bomb, 110, 201

NBA (eastern Kosovo), 41, 111–12, 116, 276

NFL (western Kosovo), 41, 111, 115–16

night vision goggles (NVG), 188, 311

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 4–5, 8–9, 20–21, 26, 28, 32, 35–36, 68, 70, 76, 78, 81–82, 86, 92, 95–98, 105–6, 108, 111, 120, 123, 126, 132–33, 137, 143–45, 150, 153, 175, 177, 184, 194, 214, 221, 232, 243–44, 269, 299, 304, 308–12, 314

Novisad, Serbia, 218

O’Brien, John “Slobee,” 214, 218, 224, 231, 244, 246–48

on-scene commander (OSC), 217, 224–26

operational control (OPCON), 15, 20–21, 39

Operation Deliberate Force, 16, 25, 308

Operation Joint Forge, 86

Operation Southern Watch, 96

Osan, Korea, 126

Outlaw, 274–75, 278

Pave Penny, 11, 26–27, 45, 94

Pec, Kosovo, 30, 235, 297

personnel accountability team (PERSCO), 91

Personnel Locator System (PLS), 224

Peters, Whitten F., 101, 149

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