Tiger's Claw

CAST OF CHARACTERS

AMERICANS

KENNETH PHOENIX, president of the United States

ANN PAGE, vice president

WILLIAM GLENBROOK, president’s national security adviser

HERBERT KEVICH, secretary of state

FREDRICK HAYES, secretary of defense

THOMAS TORREY, CIA director

GERALD MURTH, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions

JOSEPH COLLINGSWORTH, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

DIANE M. JAMIESON, majority leader of the U.S. Senate

U.S. AIR FORCE GENERAL TIMOTHY SPELLINGS, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

ADMIRAL EDWARD FOWLER, chief of naval operations

GENERAL JASON CONAWAY, chief of staff, U.S. Air Force

DR. HELEN KADDIRI, president and chairman of the board, Sky Masters Inc.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATRICK MCLANAHAN, USAF (ret.), vice president and COO, Sky Masters Inc.

DR. LINUS OGLETHORPE, chief engineer and scientist, Sky Masters Inc.

ED GLEASON, XB-1 chief instructor pilot, Sky Masters Inc.

SAM JACOBS, XB-1 aircraft commander, Sky Masters Inc.

LISA MANN, XB-1 Excalibur copilot, Sky Masters Inc.

KAREN WELLS, XB-1F Excalibur ground defensive systems officer, Sky Masters Inc.

GEORGE WICKHAM, XB-1 ground offensive systems officer, Sky Masters Inc.

U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN EDWARD TAVERNA, commander, guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin

U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN RICHARD AVERY, commanding officer, Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon

U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CHRIS “NOOSE” KAHN, commander, VF-13 Fighting Saints, NAS Fallon

COMMANDER DOUGLAS SHERIDAN, commanding officer, Coast Guard cutter Mohawk

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER EDWARD FELLS, tactical officer, Coast Guard cutter Mohawk

LIEUTENANT ED COFFEY, HH-60 Jayhawk pilot, Coast Guard cutter Mohawk

LIEUTENANT LUCY CROSS, HH-60 Jayhawk copilot, Coast Guard cutter Mohawk

U.S. NAVY ADMIRAL ROBERT LUCE, commander, U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM)

U.S. AIR FORCE GENERAL GEORGE HOOD, commander, U.S. Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)

U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL WARNER “CUTLASS” CUTHBERT, commander, First Expeditionary Bomb Wing (First EBW), Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL NASH HARTZELL, deputy wing commander, First EBW

LIEUTENANT COLONEL BRIDGET “XENA” DUTCHMAN, commander, Twentieth Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (B-52H Stratofortress)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANKLIN “WISHBONE” MCBRIDE, commander, 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (B-2A Spirit)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JUAN “PICANTE” OROZ, commander, Ninth Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (B-1B Lancer)

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JIMMY “JUJU” MAILI, commander, 199th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (F-22A Raptor)

MAJOR ROBERT “BREWSKI” CARLING, F-22A Raptor pilot

U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN ALICIA SPENCER, intelligence officer, First EBW

U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN Jason HARRIS, Patriot antiaircraft missile battery commander, Guam

THOMAS HOFFMAN, president, Warbirds Forever Inc.

SONDRA EDDINGTON, chief pilot, Warbirds Forever Inc.

BRADLEY J. MCLANAHAN, instructor pilot, Warbirds Forever Inc.

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

ZHOU QIANG, president of the People’s Republic of China

GAO XUDONG, vice president of China

TANG JI, foreign minister

CAO JU, defense minister

LI PEIYAN, Chinese ambassador to the United States

JIN YONGKANG, finance minister

SHÀNG JIÀNG (COLONEL GENERAL) ZU KAI, chief of the general staff, People’s Liberation Army

SHAO JIÀNG (MAJOR GENERAL) HUA ZHILUN, commander, Eleventh Tactical Rocket Division, People’s Liberation Army

SHAO JIÀNG (MAJOR GENERAL) SUN JI, deputy chief of the general staff, People’s Liberation Army

HAI JUN ZHONG JIÀNG (VICE ADMIRAL) ZHEN PENG, commander, South Sea Fleet, People’s Liberation Army Navy, Zhanjiang

HAI JUN SHAO JIÀNG (REAR ADMIRAL) HU TAN-SUN, commander, Second Carrier Battle Group (aircraft carrier Zheng He), People’s Liberation Army Navy, Juidongshan

HAI JUN DA XIAO (LOWER ADMIRAL) CHEN BOLIN, captain of the Chinese aircraft carrier Zhenyuan

HAI JUN DA XIAO (LOWER ADMIRAL) WENG LI-YEH, captain, Chinese aircraft carrier Zheng He

HAI JUN SHANG XIAO (CAPTAIN) ZHANG PEIYAN, commander of flight operations, carrier Zhenyuan

HAI JUN ZHONG XIAO (COMMANDER) HUA JI, JN-20 squadron commander, carrier Zheng He

HAI JUN SHAO XIAO (LIEUTENANT COMMANDER) WU DEK SU, JN-15 fighter pilot

KONG JUN SHANG JIANG (AIR FORCE COLONEL GENERAL) ZENG SU, chief of staff, People’s Liberation Army Air Forces

KONG JUN ZHONG JIANG (AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT GENERAL) CHEN LI, commander, First Strategic Strike Division (Xian H-6)

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

TRAN PHUONG, prime minister

Thuong tá (CAPTAIN) DANG VAN CHIEN, captain of the Gepard-class frigate Cá map (Shark)

REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

WU ANASTASIA, president

Zhong jiàng (VICE ADMIRAL) WU JIN-PING, commander, First Naval District South, Kaohsiung

Shàngxiào (CAPTAIN) YAO MEI-YUEH, captain of the Type 800 attack submarine Fùchóu zhe (Avenger)

Zun Khong (COMMANDER) CHEIN SI-YAO, executive officer, attack submarine Avenger

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

MARK RUDDOCK, prime minister

REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

JUSUF SALEH, president

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PATRICIA CRUZ, president