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Ed Macy - Hellfire

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Название:
Hellfire
Автор:
Ed Macy
Издательство:
HarperPress
Жанр:
Биографии и Мемуары / nonf_military / на английском языке
Год:
2009
Город:
London
ISBN:
978-0-007-34292-1
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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.
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. It’s 2006 and he is part of an elite group of pilots assigned to the controversial Apache AH Mk1 gunship programme. So far, though, the monstrously expensive Apache has done little to disprove its detractors. For the first month ‘in action’ Ed sees little more from his cockpit than the back end of a Chinook.
But everything changes in the skies over Now Zad. Under fire and out of options, Ed has one chance to save his own skin and those of the men on the ground. Though the Apache bristles with awesome weaponry, its fearsome Hellfire missile has never been fired in combat. Then, in the blistering heat of the firefight, the trigger is pulled.
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. From that moment on, Ed and his squadron mates will face the steepest learning curve of their lives – fighting an endless series of high-octane missions against a cunning and constantly evolving enemy. Ed himself will have to risk everything to fly, fight and survive in the most hostile place on earth.
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Hellfire missile see Hellfire missile

IDM – Improved Data Modem 350, 353, 369

Image Auto-Track (IAT) 142, 320, 321, 322

Improved Extended Forward Avionics Bay (IEFAB) 269

inspection of, pre-flight 114-15

ISTAR 100

Laser Warning Receiver System (LWRS) 94-5

lift off 219-21

loading/starting 209-11, 212-19

Longbow radar 89, 101, 109, 163, 226, 231, 269, 317

M261 rocket launchers 107

MAWS 94

MOD buy 46, 47, 66

monocle display 100, 115, 116, 119-20, 121, 126, 220, 225, 231, 305, 310, 329, 377, 384

Multi-Purpose Display (MPD) 7, 9, 47, 48, 95, 101, 103, 112, 119, 125, 126, 177, 225, 226, 227, 229, 231, 237, 238, 240, 244, 248, 265, 268, 276, 278, 314, 320, 351, 354, 360, 379, 381

Multi-Purpose-Sub-Munition (MPSM) 107-8, 111

ORT (Optical Relay Tube) 47-8, 102, 103, 106, 112, 127, 141, 353, 389, 390

Pilot’s Night Vision System (PNVS) 100, 121, 124, 134, 213, 298, 300, 379, 386

Pinvis (TADS thermal image) 101, 102, 121

port view xxiv-xxv

Power Margin Indicator 230

preliminary flight checks 115

press and 171

Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI) 92

radios 215-16, 217, 264, 265, 269, 299, 366, 372

RWR receivers 94

secure datalink 101

simulator 120, 125-7, 128

size of 114

stabilator 264, 305

starboard view xxvi-xxvii

survivability of 127

tail wheel 263-4

Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (TADS) 7, 9, 10, 11, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 109, 112, 141, 152, 169, 175, 176, 180, 213, 235, 237, 238, 248, 255, 268, 274, 276, 277, 278, 283, 290, 304, 306-7, 310, 314, 315, 316, 320, 322, 323, 328, 352, 368, 369, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 387, 394

torque 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 227

training course, British Army 98-130

UFD (Up Front Display) 211, 220

Area of Responsibility (AOR) xv , 131, 187, 199, 286, 299

Arming and Loading Point Commander 209

armoured vehicles:

armoured personnel carriers (APCs) 38

light armoured vehicles (LAVs) 353

Pinzgauer 201, 332

Scimitar 332, 353

Spartan 332

Striker armoured fighting vehicle 75

WMIKs 178, 180, 195, 201, 332, 366

Augustus, Operation 257

‘baffles’ 92

Baxter, Mick 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41

Bell Cobra 47, 88, 89

Benzie, Nichol 194, 195, 197, 291, 293

Bin Laden, Osama 131

Blair, Tony 104, 145, 146

blue-on-blue (friendly fire incident) 162, 164

BO105 (helicopter) 89

Bonn, Dickie 192, 194, 198, 204, 205, 290, 292

Bosnia 104

British Army:

Afghanistan bases see under

individual base name

Afghanistan objectives 145-7

Afghanistan operations see under individual operation name

Aldershot base, Hampshire 13-22

Catterick Camp, Yorkshire 149-50

Fremington Camp, Devon 33-41

Middle Wallop base, Hampshire 26-32, 42-54, 98, 99, 105-12, 113-30, 133, 262 Northern

Ireland 55-66

Rules of Engagement (ROE) 3, 8, 107, 165-71, 181, 182, 255, 275, 287, 288, 290, 308, 324, 329, 333, 335, 372

Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), Alberta, Canada 67-86, 234

units see British Army units

British Army units:

Army Air Corps (AAC) xxviii, 3, 25, 26, 55, 198, 292, 336

5 Regiment 55-66

9 Regiment 79, 86, 98

656 Squadron xxviii, 3, 55-66, 86, 96, 105, 152, 157, 193, 198, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 211, 212, 215, 217, 219, 232, 242, 244, 251, 258, 293, 344, 349, 350, 351, 364, 387

664 Squadron 62, 86, 149-50, 347, 392

Afghanistan operations see under individual location and operation name

air combat instruction 90-1

Apache training course and selection process 86-7, 88, 98-125

Apache, acquires 66

deployment to Afghanistan 130, 131-3, 143-60

exercises/training, pre-Afghanistan 125-9, 133-43

Northern Ireland 55-66, 147, 175, 188, 237, 333, 334, 374, 377

pilot training 26-55

Special Forces Squadron 62, 63, 335

1 Para 45

2 Para 14, 22, 24-6, 34, 37, 45, 375

3 Para 1, 2, 45, 130, 132, 168, 171, 186, 188, 189, 191, 193, 194, 195, 199, 207, 208, 212, 216, 217, 241, 242, 253, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 332, 333, 339, 345, 353, 357, 366, 368, 392

A Company 1, 203, 206, 250

B Company 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 358, 360, 361, 363, 364, 369, 373, 388

D Company 201, 341, 342, 343, 344, 346, 361, 369, 388

Mortar Platoon 338, 346

Patrols Platoon 201, 202, 203, 212, 215, 240, 241, 338, 340, 341, 344, 345, 349, 361, 369

16 Air Assault Brigade 67, 129, 130, 132, 145, 147, 332, 392

Pathfinders Platoon 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 332, 333, 334, 338, 339, 343, 369

AMTAT (Air Manoeuvres Training and Advisory Team) 138-43

Gurkhas 306

Helmand Reaction Force (HRF) 191, 199, 206, 215, 258, 261, 266, 338, 351 Household Cavalry 334

Incident Response Team (IRT) 191, 199, 206, 215, 258, 261, 265, 266, 338, 351

Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) (JHF (A)) 3, 130, 162, 188, 189, 327, 336

Royal Artillery 13, 14

Royal Corps of Transport 199

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27

Royal Irish 339, 344

Royal Marine

3 Brigade Air Squadron (3BAS) 90

Commando 31

Royal Military Police (RMP) 366

SAS 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, 32, 34, 66, 67, 68-9, 70, 87

Broken Arrow (Now Zad operation) xix , 258, 259, 260-1, 267-330

B-2 bomber 95

Bush, George W. 104, 106

C-17 Globemaster 161, 162

C-130 Hercules 95, 156, 177

Camp Bastion 1-5, 145, 151, 161, 173, 176, 181, 183, 186, 189, 190-200, 201, 202, 203, 225, 230, 239, 251, 257, 258, 260, 290, 298, 328, 329, 335, 336, 341, 344, 346, 364, 387, 391

casevac helicopter insertion 1-2, 259, 294

Catterick Camp 149-50

‘chaff’ launchers 91 Chinook, CH-47 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 97, 129, 130, 132, 147, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183, 194, 195, 196-7, 199, 200, 202, 203, 212, 226, 253, 255, 258, 259, 260, 265, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 330, 333, 338, 340, 341, 345, 346

Chinthe Lines 336

Close Air Support (CAS) 324, 341, 342

Cobra Venom 47

Combined Air Ground (CAG) frequencies 232

Common Tactical Air Frequency (CTAF) 6, 205, 232, 234

Danish troops 333, 339, 344, 369, 373

Dasht-e-Margo (Desert of Death) 131-2, 143, 176, 177, 230

Daz, Operation 266

De Havilland Chipmunk T10 training aircraft (‘Chippies’) 28, 33

Desert Eagle, Exercise 133, 262

dust landings 133-7, 183-6, 190

‘dynamic harmonisation’ 162, 163-4, 266, 346, 364

EA-6B Prowler 93, 95-6

Edgecombe, Colonel Greville 31

Emily 144, 145, 147-9, 154, 155, 160, 257, 266

Eurocopter Tiger 47, 89

FAC (Forward Air Controller) 68-71, 102, 139, 141, 142, 234, 235

Falklands War 24, 45, 108, 332

Farrar-Hockley, General 52

Felton, Lieutenant Colonel 3, 98, 129, 165, 288

FIBUA (Fighting In a Built-Up Area) 241

FOB Robinson 261

foot multiples, supporting 56-66

Fremington Camp, Devon 33-41

GAFA (Great Afghan Fuck All) 230

Gazelle 33, 36, 37, 38, 46, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62-3, 64, 65, 68, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 89, 90, 91, 97, 118, 120, 147

Gereshk 145, 261

glossary 397-410

Grau, Lester W. 168

Green Zone 179, 180, 181, 194-5, 235, 281, 292, 302, 304, 305, 311, 312, 316, 334, 338, 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 351, 352, 353, 356, 358, 362, 363, 364, 365, 373, 375, 376, 387

Gulf War, First 89, 103-4

Hardened Aircraft Landing Strip (HALS) 265-8, 269, 351, 364

helicopters see under individual helicopter name

Hellfire missile, AGM-114 5, 347, 393

AA guns and 315, 316, 319, 320, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 334, 392