Apache. Ed Macy

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      ED MACY

      APACHE

       DEDICATION

       This is dedicated to

      Mathew Christopher Ford.

      CONTENTS

       Title Page

      Dedication

       List of Illustrations

       Maps

      Cutaways

       Prologue

       1 Déjà Vu

       2 Riding the Dragon

       3 Handover

       4 Back in the Hot Seat

      

       5 Alice, Trigger, FOG and Rocco

      

       6 Arnhem Calling

      

       7 A Matter of Time

      

       8 Op Glacier Begins

      

       9 The Bobs and Steve-O

      

       10 Happy Christmas

      

       11 Ready To Go Noisy

      

       12 Op Glacier 1: Koshtay

      

       13 A Good Night’s Work

      

       14 Op Glacier 2: The Jugroom Fort

      

       15 Finding Mathew Ford

      

       16 Give Me Four Volunteers

      

       17 Into The Lion’s Mouth

      

       18 The Wrong Wall

      

       19 Escaping Jugroom Fort

      

       20 In Command: The Verdict

      

       Epilogue

      

       Glossary of Terms

      

       Acknowledgements

      

       About the Author

      

       Index

      

       Copyright

      

       About the Publisher

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      Photographs not credited below have kindly been supplied by the author. While every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright material reproduced herein, the publishers would like to apologise for any omissions and will be pleased to incorporate missing acknowledgments in any future editions.

      FIRST PLATE SECTION

       Pages 2 and 3:

      Camp Bastion: Johnny Green/ PA Archive/ PA Photos.

      The Camp Bastion Apache flight line: Lt Col Felton.

      Apache Gunner’s Cockpit: AgustaWestland.

      Ed Macy: Lt Col Felton.

       Pages 4 and 5:

      Cockpit pilot’s view: SSgt Carl Bird.

      The cannon spitting out 10 rounds a second: Image by Corporal Mark Ballantyne RLC; © Crown Copyright/MOD. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery office.

      The Apache’s CRV-7 Flechette rockets: Image by Corporal Mark Ballantyne RLC; © Crown Copyright/MOD. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery office.

      The Apache’s M230 30mm underslung chain gun: Image by Corporal Mark Ballantyne RLC; © Crown Copyright/MOD. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery office.

      Ed and Trigger with Hambly reconnecting Ugly 51’s gun: Si Hambly.

      Hellfire at the back, rockets in the sangar and 30mm HEDP being loaded by Si: Si Hambly.

      The infamous Rocco: Rocco Seffredi.

       Page 6 and 7:

      A Taliban commander talks on a radio carrying an RPG launcher and spare rockets: AP Photo/ Zaheerudding Abdullah.

      The IRT pair returning from a mission