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May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of Apache AH Mk1. It's the first operational tour for the Apaches and confidence in the cripplingly expensive attack helicopter is low. But when the men of 3 Para get pinned down during Op Mutay, the Army's reservations are thrown out the window. In the blistering firefight, Ed fires the first ever Hellfire missile and changes the war in Afghanistan forever. What had been looking like a 4.2 billion pound mistake quickly becomes the British Army's greatest asset, as the Apache is redirected to fight the enemy head on. In this gripping account of war on the ground and in the skies above the dusty wastes of Helmand, Ed recounts the intense months that followed: the steep learning curve, the relentless missions, the evolving enemy and the changing Rules of Engagement.
