As he comes to grip with the Apache, his early career as a paratrooper stands him in good stead, as does his operational baptism as a pilot. In this gripping account of war on the ground and in the skies above the dusty wastes of Helmand, Ed recounts the intense months that followed: the steep learning curve, the relentless missions, the evolving enemy and the changing Rules of Engagement. What had been rumoured as a £4.2 billion mistake quickly becomes the British Army’s greatest asset, as the awe-inspiring Apache is dramatically redirected to fight the enemy head-on. In the blistering firefight that follows, Ed unleashes the first ever Hellfire missile in combat and, with one squeeze of the trigger, changes the war in Afghanistan forever. It doesn’t help that for their first month ‘in action’, Ed and his mates see little more than the back-end of a Chinook.īut when the men of 3 Para get pinned down during Op Mutay, reservations about the fearsome new attack helicopters are thrown out the window. It’s the first operational tour for the deadly machines and confidence in the cripplingly expensive attack helicopter is low. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of the Apache AH Mk1. The true story of one man's determination to master the world's deadliest helicopter and of a split-second decision that changed the face of modern warfare.
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