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Apache at War: Flying the world's deadliest attack helicopter in combat

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Full Title:

Apache at War: Flying the world's deadliest attack helicopter in combat

Contributors:

By (Author) Steve Jones

ISBN:

9781789467765

Publisher:

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Imprint:

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Publication Date:

20th August 2024

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Air forces and warfare

Dewey:

358.40092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

400

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 29mm

Weight:

514g

Description

'Ugly' is the military callsign for the Apache attack helicopter. Getting Ugly is a memoir of the author's service flying close-support helicopters with the AAC, from patrolling 'Bandit Country' in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, in the late 1990s, to taking out Taliban fighters in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in the mid to late 2000s, with active service in the Balkans and Iraq along the way; he was decorated for rescuing other soldiers from a helicopter that had crashed and caught fire.
The author, Steve Jones, was a WO1; that is, a warrant officer class 1, the highest rank of non-commissioned officer in the British Army, equivalent to a senior sergeant-major. He was also a qualified instructor on the Apache, and as such helped to teach Prince Harry - the then Lieutenant H. Wales - to fly and fight the aircraft. (Spoiler alert: 'A good soldier and a good man.')

Author Bio

Steve Jones spent twenty-seven years in the military, earned his stripes as a ferocious war pilot, and has been decorated eight times. He fired the UK's first controversial thermobaric missile; helped track and kill Most Wanted Taliban commanders; and taught Prince Harry to wage war from an attack helicopter.

Jones had been the UK's youngest trainee military pilot when he signed up. He went on to serve with the Army Air Corps in the Balkans, in the Gulf War, twice in Northern Ireland, and three times in Afghanistan. Along the way he secured the Queen's Commendation for Bravery after pulling comrades from the burning wreckage of a crashed helicopter. As an instructor, he helped teach Lieutenant Harry Wales to fly and fight the hunter-killer Apache. He tells of mentoring the hard-living prince, of equipping him with skills that would later bring out the best in him in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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