Joint Force Harrier

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Joint Force Harrier by Commander Ade Orchard RN First Published 2008 by Michael Joseph UK £16.99p.

So you read Apache and you think whats going to top that well all I can say is Joint Force Harrier

is its equal. I will place on here the note from the book cover.

Afghanistan, October 2006: British soldiers and Marines were engaged in the most intense,sustained

fighting they had faced since the hell of the Korean War. Against a fierce, experienced and

frighteningly motivated enemy, their lives too often depended on the success of danger-close,

pin-point attacks pressed home from the air. But what most people back home didnt know was

that, during that violent winter, those attacks were being flown by elite pilots of the Royal Navy.

When 800 Naval Air Squadron - call sign Recoil arrived in theatre, their boss, Commander Ade

Orchard, knew there could be no slip-ups. Day and night the Fleet Air Arm crews were on constant

alert, ready to scramble their heavily armed Harrier jets at a moments notice in support of the men

on the ground. The call was not slow in coming just 15 minutes after getting airborne for the first

time, Orchard and his wingman were in the thick of it, called in after an Apache Gunship was forced

back by heavy fire.

Commander Ade Orchard, is one of the most experienced pilots in the Fleet Air Arm joining The Royal

Navy in 1986 he has served on Lusty, and had exchange postings with the US Navy an Marine

Corps. He is currently Deputy Force Commander of Joint Force Harrier, Based at RAF Cottesmore.

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