FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN
FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

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A JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller) sergeant gives a first-hand account of the daily reality faced in Afghanistan by this British Army elite. Deployed on the ground in direct contact with the enemy, these men direct air strikes from the battlefield, enabling pilots to engage the enemy with precision and avoid friendly fire.

 

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Sergeant "Bommer" Grahame is part of a new British Army elite numbering fewer than two hundred men: the JTACs, the Joint Terminal Attack Controllers. Deployed on the ground in direct contact with the enemy, the JTAC immerses himself in the battlefield and directs the air strikes that push back assaults, crush the adversary, or come to the rescue of comrades caught in an ambush. Faced with rules of engagement that are sometimes absurd, taking every risk to strike the enemy while avoiding friendly fire, Sergeant Grahame spent his six months of deployment in Afghanistan controlling a formidable strike force drawing on the most destructive air assets in the world — Apache helicopters, F-15E, Harrier, A-10 Warthog, B-1B bombers… Deployed at the heart of the fighting yet master of the skies, Sergeant Grahame reveals in this account an unfamiliar side of war and the incredible daily ballet played out between soldiers on the ground and pilots on permanent rotation in the Afghan sky.
Author 1
GRAHAME/LEWIS
Pages
308
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
NIMROD
EAN
9782915243406
Publication Date 
01/10/2011