check six   Pilot term meaning to check the rear view, 
    from where most air-to-air attacks are expected.
close-in attack   An attack launched from within a few
    miles of a target.
cluster bomb   A bomb consisting of a housing and many
    submunitions which disperse over a large area for
    maximum lethality.
Coalition   The combined international force arrayed 
    against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm.
Cobra maneuver   A rapid deceleration maneuver in which
    the throttles are cut and the aircraft is pitched upwards
    past vertical.  When the aircraft decelerates to 65 knots,
    the nose pitches down.  The movement is completed
    when power is added.  It was performed by Soviet
    demonstration pilots in Su-27s and MIG-29s.
combat box formation   A defensive tactic in which one
    formation of bombers flies in the middle, another up
    to the left and a third down and to the right.  This
    formation creates the best field of fire for the bombers'
     defensive guns.
combat radius    The distance from which an aircraft can