Joint Force Harrier - Adrian Orchard - True Military / Combat Stories

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Helmand Province, October 2006: British soldiers are engaged in the most intense, sustained fighting they've faced since the Korean War. Against a tough, experienced & frighteningly motivated enemy, their lives too often depended on the success of danger-close, pin-point attacks pressed home from the air. When 800 Naval Air Squadron
- callsign ' Recoil'
- arrived in theatre, their Boss, Commander Ade Orchard, knew there could be no slip-ups. Day & night, the Fleet Air Arm crews were on constant alert, ready to scramble their heavily armed Harrier attack jets at a moment's notice in support of the men on the ground. The call wasn't slow in coming. Just fifteen minutes after getting airborne for the first time, Orchard & his wingman were in the thick of it, called in when an Apache helicopter gunship was forced back by heavy fire.. . The first book written by a serving British fast jet pilot since the 1991 Gulf War, Joint Force Harrier offers an unprecedented, heart-stopping insight into the realities of modern air warfare. The complexity & sophistication of the equipment may have moved on since the epic war battles of WWII, but it's clear that the courage, skill & character of the men engaged in this struggle for a country's survival has not.