![]() ![]() It's a split-second decision that forever changes the course of the Afghan war, as overnight the gunship is transformed from being an expensive liability to the British Army's greatest asset. Then, in the blistering heat of the firefight, the trigger is pulled. Though the Apache bristles with awesome weaponry, its fearsome Hellfire missile has never been fired in combat. Under fire and out of options, Ed has one chance to save his own skin and those of the men on the ground. But everything changes in the skies over Now Zad. For the first month 'in action' Ed sees little more from his cockpit than the back end of a Chinook. ![]() So far, though, the monstrously expensive Apache has done little to disprove its detractors. It's 2006 and he is part of an elite group of pilots assigned to the controversial Apache AH Mk1 gunship programme. Ed Macy bent every rule in the book to get to where he wanted to be: on Ops in the stinking heat of the Afghan summer, with the world's greatest weapons system at his fingertips. 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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