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ED MACY
APACHE
This is dedicated to
Mathew Christopher Ford.
CONTENTS
Dedication
Cutaways
5 Alice, Trigger, FOG and Rocco
14 Op Glacier 2: The Jugroom Fort
Photographs not credited below have kindly been supplied by the author. While every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright material reproduced herein, the publishers would like to apologise for any omissions and will be pleased to incorporate missing acknowledgments in any future editions.
FIRST PLATE SECTION
Pages 2 and 3:
Camp Bastion: Johnny Green/ PA Archive/ PA Photos.
The Camp Bastion Apache flight line: Lt Col Felton.
Apache Gunner’s Cockpit: AgustaWestland.
Ed Macy: Lt Col Felton.
Pages 4 and 5:
Cockpit pilot’s view: SSgt Carl Bird.
The cannon spitting out 10 rounds a second: Image by Corporal Mark Ballantyne RLC; © Crown Copyright/MOD. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery office.
The Apache’s CRV-7 Flechette rockets: Image by Corporal Mark Ballantyne RLC; © Crown Copyright/MOD. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery office.
The Apache’s M230 30mm underslung chain gun: Image by Corporal Mark Ballantyne RLC; © Crown Copyright/MOD. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery office.
Ed and Trigger with Hambly reconnecting Ugly 51’s gun: Si Hambly.
Hellfire at the back, rockets in the sangar and 30mm HEDP being loaded by Si: Si Hambly.
The infamous Rocco: Rocco Seffredi.
Page 6 and 7:
A Taliban commander talks on a radio carrying an RPG launcher and spare rockets: AP Photo/ Zaheerudding Abdullah.
The IRT pair returning from a mission