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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to my good friend Lieutenant General Don Aldridge, USAF
(retired), former vice commander of the Strategic Air Command, for
giving me the inspiration for this story and for again providing me with
many valuable insights into the behind-the-scenes world of strategic air
power.

Thanks to General J. Michael Loh, commander of USAF Air Combat Command,
Langley AFB, Virginia, for his invaluable assistance in gathering
information about the deployment of heavy bombers, and particularly his
help with learning about the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber. Thanks also to
Colonel Mike Gallagher, Captain Steve Solmonson, and Major Barbara Carr,
Public Affairs Office, Headquarters, USAF Air Combat Command, Langley
AFB, Virginia, for their assistance.

Thanks to Brigadier General Ron Marcotte, commander of the 509th Bomb
Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, the first home of the B-2A Spirit stealth
bomber, and Colonel William Fraser, vice commander, for their help,
their time, and especially their special insights into the new world of
long-range bomber operations. Meeting officers like them and visiting a
modern, hard-charging base like Whiteman were a very special privilege
and treat for me.

I also want to thank Captain Bill Harrison, 509th BMW Public Affairs;
Colonel Greg Power, 509th Operations Group commander; Lieutenant Colonel
Fred Strain, 509th Operational Support Squadron commander; my old B-52
buddy Lieutenant Colonel Rick Sorenson, Operations Plans Team chief;
fellow ex-FB-111 crewdog Lieutenant Colonel Tony Imondi, chief B-2A
instructor pilot; Lieutenant Colonel Dick Newton, 393rd Bomb Squadron
commander; Major Steve Tippetts, Captain Buzz Barrett, and my old fellow
FB-111 crewdog Major Jim Whitney of the 393rd Bomb Squadron "Tigers";
and all the others I met and who offered ideas and answered questions
during a spectacular visit to the 509th Bomb Wing and the incredible
B-2A Spirit stealth bomber. It was good to see old friends so
successful in the world's most sophisticated combat warplane.

Thanks to Major Emerson Pittman, chief of public affairs, secretary of
the Air Force Public Affairs--Western Region, for his help in gathering
information for this story.

A major source of historical, political, and military information on
various countries around the world on which I relied was Defense and
Foreign Affairs Handbook (London: International Media Corp., Ltd.,
1994). Thanks also to the many members all over the world of
SOC,CULT.IRAN (SCI) newsgroup on the Internet for their invaluable help
and ideas.