Apache
By: Ed Macy
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007288175
Subjects: Helicopters; British Personal narratives; Afghan War, 2001-; British Aerial operations; British; Great Britain; Search and rescue operations; Great Britain. Army. Air Corps; Aerial Military operations; Apache (Attack helicopter); Piloting; History
Description: "An astonishing first book, 'Apache' is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan. 'Apache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable. The climactic build-up to the rescue mission at Jugroom Fort is both dramatic and deeply moving. The rescue of Lance Corporal Mathew Ford has been hailed as one of the most remarkable and daring rescues of modern wartime and Ed's bravery on the ground at Jugroom Fort led to him being awarded the Military Cross - one of the first in the Army Air Corps' history. Taking the reader right to the heart of the war in Afghanistan, 'Apache' offers an unprecedented degree of proximity to the action and horror that troops in the region are faced with on a daily basis."--
Notes: Originally published: London: HarperPress, 2008.