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"Afghanistan, October 2006: British soldiers and Marines were engaged in the most intense, sustained fighting they'd 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 didn't 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…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2009Penguin Books · 9780141035710
- Other · English · 2008Michael Joseph · 294 pages · 9780718153991
Great britain, royal navyAfghan war, 2001-Afghan War, 2001-British Aerial operationsBritish Naval operationsCampaignsMilitary campaignsAerial Military operations






