Apache is Macy's story-an adrenalin-fueled account of one of the most daring actions of modern wartime, and a tale of courage, danger, and comradeship you won't be able to put down. When a marine goes missing in action, Macy and his team know they are the Army's only hope of bringing him back alive. After a brutal accident forced him out of the Paras, Ed Macy refused to go down quietly. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. In 2007, Macy's Apache squadron was dispatched to Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province with the mission to fight alongside and protect the men on the ground by any means necessary. Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the worlds deadliest fighting machines. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine. A firsthand account of the exhilaration and ferocity of war, Apache chronicles a rescue mission involving a stranded soldier in Afghanistan in 2007.Įd Macy had always dreamed of a career in the army, so when the British Army Air Corps launched its attack helicopter program, Macy bent every rule in the book to make sure he was the first to sign up to fly the Apache-the deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world and the toughest to fly. Read Apache Inside the Cockpit of the Worlds Most Deadly Fighting Machine by Ed Macy available from Rakuten Kobo. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, the Apache is the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Macy puts the reader in the cockpit of our most lethal attack platform.' -Dick Couch, New York Times bestselling authorĪpache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside one of the world's most dangerous war machines.
'A truly amazing portrayal of the technical, the emotional, and the courageous.
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