Sweating the Metal - Flying Under Fire A Chinook Pilot Blistering Account of Life

Zusatztext ' Sweating the Metal is a description of the Afghan war from the cockpit! the highs and lows of combat-flying at its most dramatic'. Informationen zum Autor Flt Lt Alex 'Frenchie' Duncan DFC was born in 1976 to a French mother and Scottish father. Brought up near Paris, he came to England in 1995 after obtaining his baccalauréat having secured a Bursary from British Airways to read aerospace engineering at Manchester University. In August 2000, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force and selected for rotary wing training, qualifying as a Chinook pilot and joining A Flight, 18 Squadron. He has amassed over 2,000 hours flying the Chinook and has seen service in the US, Norway, Italy, Morocco, France, Germany, Holland, Northern Ireland and Cyprus. He has also undertaken operational tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was commended for gallantry. In 2008, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross - the air equivalent of the Military Cross and one of the highest awards for bravery - for two actions less than a week apart. First, he prevented the assassination of Gulab Mangal, the governor of Helmand Province after his Chinook was ambushed by the Taliban and hit by a hail of rocket and machine-gun fire. Just six days later, he led a formation that twice flew into heavy enemy fire to drop vital troops during an air assault. Klappentext The action packed true story of the Chinook helicopter force in Afghanistan.The action packed true story of the Chinook helicopter force in Afghanistan. Zusammenfassung The action packed true story of the Chinook helicopter force in Afghanistan.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Duncan, Duncan Alex
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2012
• EAN: 9781444708004
• ISBN: 978-1-4447-0800-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book; Afghanistan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), Air forces & warfare, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Afghan War, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General