Apache

Name: Apache
Rating: 4.561797618865967 (89 reviews)

Ed Macy

Dec 2008 · HarperCollins UK

4.6

89 reviews

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Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world’s deadliest fighting machines. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan.

After a brutal accident forced him out of the Paras, Ed Macy refused to go down quietly. He bent every rule to sign up for the Army’s gruelling Apache helicopter programme and was one of the handful to pass the nightmare selection process. Dispatched to Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand Province in 2006, his squadron were on hand when a marine went MIA behind enemy lines – and they knew they were his only hope.

From the cockpit of the mighty Apache helicopter comes this incredible true story of a rescue mission so dangerous they said it couldn’t be done, and of the man who dared to disagree.

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4.6

89 reviews

T B

June 7, 2013

Good action read with believable accounts of seemingly actual events with great technical detail. This provides not only an interesting insight into the life of an apache pilot in the field , including the hardship and perils of the profession, but also a very entertaining read that I could not put down.

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rStuart Downs

February 10, 2013

This is a great book. I had it on CD and it drags you into the cockpit with Ed. If you want to buy a book and learn what combat in this awesome aircraft is like first hand then listen to an expert like Ed and buy Apache. You will not regret it.

Kevin Syme

November 10, 2014

I don't read much. Get bored to easily. However I couldn't put this down. If you're into the military in any small way this is a must.

About the author

Ed Macy left the British Army in January 2008, after twenty-three years’ service. He had amassed a total of 3,930 helicopter flying hours, 645 of them inside an Apache. Ed was awarded the military cross for his courage during the Jugroom Fort rescue – one of the first ever in Army Air Corps history. He is also the author of ‘Hellfire’.

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