Apache over Libya
Laidlaw, Will2016
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In May 2011 after a Mediterranean exercise to prove the Apache's ability to work ship-borne, HMS Ocean and her embarked Apache attack helicopters from 656 Squadron, Army Air Corps were about to head home. But the civil war in Libya and the NATO air campaign intervened. A few days later the Author and his fellow Apache pilots and crewmen were in action at night over hostile territory. In range to Gaddafi's capable air and land forces once in sight of the coast, they had to fight their way into Libya, complete their mission, evading lethal ground fire, before the hazardous return to Ocean. Flying well within the reach of Libya's state-of-the-art ground to air weapons, the Apaches made nightly raids at ultra low-level behind enemy lines. This book describes the experiences of eight Army and two Royal Navy pilots who played a significant role in the NATO led campaign.
Main title:
Apache over Libya / Will Laidlaw.
Author:
Laidlaw, Will, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2016.
Collation:
200 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473867628 (hbk)
Dewey class:
961.205
LC class:
DT236
Local class:
961.205
Language:
English
BRN:
1437329