Doubly so knowing that it all actually happened.

He also does a great job of describing the combat, having been there first hand.įinally, the last third or so of the book covers a rescue mission the author was part of, and it's really one of the more exciting and suspenseful things I've read. The author does a great job of getting into the nuts and bolts of flying the aircraft, but never gets too dry with technical details. It was great to see this other perspective. The Apache has so long been a symbol of American air superiority I just assumed the book was by an American pilot. This book is written by a British pilot and follows the British military. One of the first things I realized when I started this book happened to be a pleasant surprise. This book does a really good job of getting you up close and personal with the machine. The Apache has always been one of my favorite aircraft, it's ugly and it's brutal. I love technology, and the military has some of the best of it. What follows is a breathtaking rescue, unlike any the world has ever seen. With a soldier strapped to each side of two gunships, they must land in the heart of Jugroom Fort, a Taliban stronghold, and come face-to face with hordes of their unrelenting enemy. And when a marine goes missing in action, Ed and his team know they are the army’s only hope of bringing him back alive. In 2007, Ed’s Apache squadron was dispatched to Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand Province, with the mission to fight alongside and protect the men on the ground by any means necessary. And thanks to a powerful array of weapons and cameras, the Apache helicopter can spot prey from miles away-and kill the enemy with a flick of the finger. As strong as a tank and, equipped with two Rolls Royce RTM-322 engines, the helicopter is remarkably fast and nearly impossible to shoot down. In the cockpit of an Apache, hands, feet, and even eyes need to operate independently. Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside the cockpit of the world’s deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world-the Apache helicopter.

Apache by ed macy