Hellfire (50 page)

HMS
Ocean
129

IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) 343, 355, 358, 359, 361, 366, 368, 370

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) 146

Intimate Support 325, 341, 370

IRA 55, 60, 65, 375, 376

Iraq 106, 112, 128, 129, 147

ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance,

Target Acquisition and

Reconnaissance) 100

Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) 95, 154, 362

JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller) 4, 5, 6, 8, 70, 153, 187, 195, 202, 234, 238, 243, 244, 249, 272, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 283, 286, 288, 299, 302, 316, 317, 323, 324, 328-9, 334, 345, 346, 361

Jugroom Fort 395

Kabul 155-6, 157, 177

Kajaki 261

Kandahar 153, 157-9, 161-74, 173, 174, 289, 298, 347

Kandahar Airfield (KAF) 151-2, 158, 161-74, 173, 174, 177, 186, 230, 269, 298, 334, 350

Karzai, Hammid 128, 155, 287, 288

Keogh, Captain Andy 148, 149

Kosovo 67

Lashkar Gah 145, 173, 175, 178, 260, 370

Leggett, Emily 336

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars 69, 70, 71-2, 73, 74

Lynx helicopter 4, 46, 62, 79, 83, 84, 86-7, 89, 90, 91, 96, 130, 198, 289

M25 wadi 301

Macy, Ed:

Afghanistan, arrival in 155-60

Air Combat Tactics Instructor’s (ACTI) Course 88, 89, 305

Aircraft Commanders Course 63

anti-aircraft gunner, trains as 13-16, 133, 182

Apache training course 98-130

Apache, first sits in 46-8

Army Air Corps, applies for 25-6

bike accident 16-22, 25

childhood 23-4

engineering apprentice 24

EW foundation course 92-6

exercises in Apache 128-30

family 23, 24, 144, 145, 147-9
see also
Emily

Northern Ireland 55-65, 147, 175, 188, 237, 333, 334, 374, 377

operations and exercises
see under operation and location name

Paras 13-16, 21, 22, 24-6, 27, 28

pilot, trains as 26-54

returns home from Afghanistan 392-3, 395

SAS, wish to join 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, 32, 66, 87

school 24

Squadron Weapons Officer 128, 137, 149, 161, 168-9, 325-6, 393

maps:

Afghanistan
xiii

area of responsibility
xv

Helmand province
xiv

Musa Qa’leh: Operation Snakebite
xxii

Musa Qa’leh: The Sniper Team
xxiii

Now Zad: Broken Arrow
xix

Now Zad: The Anti-Aircraft Gunner
xx

Operation Mutay
xviii

Mason, Captain Paul 99, 104, 106, 112

Middle Wallop, Hampshire 26-32, 42-54, 98, 99, 105-12, 113-30, 133, 262

Mil Mi-24 Hind 88, 91

Milosevic, Slobodan 67, 69

Ministry of Defence 46, 47, 66, 162, 326, 327, 336, 337

Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) 92

missiles:

Hellfire 5, 109-10, 262-3, 266, 315, 316, 319, 320, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 334, 347, 392, 393

Javelin anti-tank 4

Milan anti-tank missiles 79

Stinger missile 94

surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) 94, 126, 132, 195, 224, 228, 232, 253, 254, 256, 331, 371, 372

Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missiles 46

Muhammad, Haji 195, 201

Musa Qa’leh 173, 181, 258, 260, 334, 397, 351, 353, 361, 366, 373, 391

Operation Snakebite
xxii
, 337, 338-90, 391

Pathfinders in 332, 333, 334

sniper team
xxiii
, 368-90, 391

Mutay, Operation
xvii
,
xviii
, 191, 192, 201-56, 264, 269, 270, 274, 341, 347, 350

NATO 89, 147, 152, 153, 155, 174

night vision goggles (NVGs) 261, 262, 296, 307

Northern Ireland 55-65, 147, 175, 188, 237, 333, 334, 374, 377

Now Zad 173, 177, 178, 187, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 333, 364, 392

anti-aircraft gunner in
xx
, 298-31, 337, 392

Broken Arrow xix, 258, 259, 260-1, 267-330

District Centre 178, 179, 180, 195, 258, 272, 273, 274, 288, 320

Operation Mutay 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 199, 201-56

the Shrine 179, 181, 259, 272, 274, 275, 278, 280, 288, 289, 292, 293, 296, 300, 317, 319

Omar, Mullah 146, 153, 154

Pakistan 174, 339

Palmer, Mr 26-7, 31, 42, 43-4, 45-6, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 66, 90

Pike, Major Will 3, 202, 234

Pinzgauer 201, 332

Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) 90, 91, 92, 94

RAF (Royal Air Force) 42, 90, 92-6, 98, 112, 129, 157, 167, 174, 292, 305, 331, 391

Reid, John 132, 154

Restricted Operating Zones (ROZs) 187

Rex, Dan 299, 347, 370

Rooivalk 47

Rules of Engagement (ROE), British Army 3, 8, 107, 165-71, 181, 182, 255, 275, 287, 288, 290, 308, 324, 329, 333, 335, 372

Sangin:

3 Para in 1-12, 258, 259, 261

‘Macy House’ 2, 3, 6, 7, 11

map of xvi

re-supply operation 333-4

Scimitar 332, 353

SFOR (Stabilisation Force) 104

Snakebite, Operation xxii, 337, 338-90, 391

snipers:

in Afghanistan xxiii, 11, 2, 332, 344, 361, 368-90, 391

in Northern Ireland 57, 61, 64, 65, 113

Spartan 332

Striker armoured fighting vehicle 75

Supervisory Forward Air Controller (SupFAC) 92, 148, 149, 198-9, 276, 329

Tactical Operations Cell (TOR) 187

Taliban 128, 145, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 249, 251, 255, 270, 271, 354, 355, 358, 365, 368, 369, 370, 374, 385, 391, 392

ANA/ANP and 146

anti-aircraft (AA) guns 298-31, 392

fighting methods 165, 169

Green Zones and 180

helicopters, approach toward

Allied 2, 12, 153, 258

IEDs 343, 355, 358, 359, 361, 366, 368, 370

informers 298

Musa Qa’leh 337, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 347

Now Zad 178, 180, 203, 204, 205, 274-5, 276, 278, 279, 282, 287, 288, 289, 291, 293, 294, 297, 300, 301, 308, 329, 330, 331, 332

prisoners, treatment of 106

Sangin siege 1-12, 259

snipers 332, 344, 368-90, 391

suicide attacks 153-4

transport 229

weapons 4, 33, 128, 132, 152, 153, 159, 165, 168, 169, 196, 281, 330-1, 335, 338, 343, 344, 369, 371, 372, 374, 380
see also
weapons and ammunition

Thompson, Lieutenant Colonel Iain 79, 80, 81-2, 84-5, 86, 96

Thumrait Airfield, Oman 133-43, 234, 324

Tootal, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart 2, 3, 186-7, 194, 234, 241, 296, 337, 339, 357, 359

United Nations 146, 147, 155

War on Terror 104
see also under individual conflict region

Wawn, Andy 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 393

weapons and ammunition:

1BIT 15

50 cal machine guns 4

105mm light guns 4

AK-47 128, 168, 380

Apache helicopter weapons see Apache WAH-64D

anti-aircraft guns (AA) 90, 91, 132-3, 298-31, 392

Chinese 107mm rockets 4, 335, 338, 369

general purpose machine guns (GPMGs) 13, 14, 178

heavy machine guns (HMGs) 132

IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) 343, 355, 358, 359, 361, 366, 368, 370

Javelin anti-tank missiles 4

machine guns (MGs) 132, 334

man-portable, shoulder-launched air defence systems (ManPADS) 94, 132, 176, 253, 254

Milan anti-tank missiles 79

mines 343, 355, 361, 368

mortars 4, 7, 79, 167, 180, 181, 261, 292, 295, 318, 332, 340, 341, 344, 345, 346, 355, 362, 363, 369

recoilless rifles 4, 333

rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) 4, 128, 132, 152, 153, 159, 165, 194, 281, 330-1, 343, 344, 369, 371, 372, 374, 380

small arms (SAs) 132, 165, 332, 344

Stinger missile 94

surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) 94, 126, 132, 195, 224, 228, 232, 253, 254, 256, 331, 371, 372

Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missiles 46

Wiles, Pat 115, 119, 125, 126, 127, 157, 158, 159, 191, 192, 204, 225, 234, 252, 258, 330, 344, 347, 349, 350, 352, 364, 365, 368, 369, 388

Yellow 14 373, 375

‘zero-zero’ technique 133-4, 183-6

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