Joint Force Harrier. The Inside Story Of A Royal Navy Fighter Squadron At War

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition

Description: 294 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. An Unprecedented Heart Stopping Insight Into The Realities Of Modern Air Warfare.

Publishers Description: Afghanistan, October 2006: British soldiers are engaged in the most intense, sustained fighting theyd faced since the hell of the Korean War. Against a fierce, experienced and frighteningly motivated enemy, their lives too often depended on the success of danger-close, pin-point attacks pressed home from the air. But what most people back home didnt know was that, during that violent winter, those attacks were being flown by the Royal Navy. When 800 Naval Air Squadron - callsign Recoil - arrived in theatre, their Boss, Commander Adrian Orchard, knew there could be no slip ups. Day and night, the Fleet Air Arm crews were on constant alert, ready to scramble their heavily armed Harrier jets at a moments notice in support of the men on the ground. The call wasnt slow in coming. Just fifteen minutes after getting airborne for the first time, Orchard and his wingman were in the thick of it, called in after 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 and sophistication of the equipment may have moved on since the epic air battles of WWII, but, its clear that the courage, skill and character of the men engaged in this struggle for a countrys survival has not.

ISBN: 9780718154004