The Apache Over Libya story recalls a perilous combat experience in the face of deeply unattractive survival odds over Libya in the summer of 2011. Flying ultra low-level over the sea at night into hostile territory became normal life for the Apache crews of 656 Squadron, Army Air Corps. Often engaged by Gaddafi’s forces as soon as they were in sight of the coast, they had to fight their way into Libya, complete their mission while evading lethal fire from the ground, and then fight their way out again, before searching for a ship in the dark many miles out to sea. Flying well within the reach of Gaddafi’s prolific ground to air weapons, these men made nightly raids behind enemy lines and got away with their lives. This is the story of 8 Army and 2 Royal Navy pilots who went up against the most potent enemy British aircrew have faced in generations. They defied the odds and survived, playing a fundamental part in the NATO led campaign. This is the truth about the Apache at sea and in combat over Libya.
This book is the combined recollection of the men and women who operated the Apache attack helicopter over Libya during the summer of 2011. Spending 155 days at sea, with 130 days on station poised off the coast of Libya, they flew 48 combat sorties firing 99 Hellfire missiles and 4800 rounds of 30 millimetre cannon, striking 116 targets. The words are theirs, none are embellished or dramatised, nor have they been ghost written.
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