Apache Ed Macy

Use mouse to interact. Have you got what it takes to become an Apache gunner, fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan With Ed Macy as your expert pilot, you might just have what it takes. Play now to find out. An astonishing first book, Apache is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Apache is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan. Ed Macys account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable. The climactic buildup to the rescue mission at Jugroom Fort is both dramatic and deeply moving.