Apache (38 page)

Hambly, Corporal
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Harry, Prince
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Hashmi, Jabron
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Hearn, Sergeant Major Colin
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Helmand province:

British Army history in
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conditions in
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Dasht-e-Margo (Desert of Death) (GAFA)
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landscape
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opium trade in
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population
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Red Desert
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size of
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Taliban strength in
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winter in
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see also under individual area

Helmand River
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Hussein, Saddam
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IRA
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Iran
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Iraq
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ISI
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James, Major Christopher (‘Boss’) (Trigger)
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Apache pilot, experience as
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Blair visit to Camp Bastion and
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callsign
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Camp Bastion, arrival in
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character
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Crew Rest Periods, enforces
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familiarisation flight
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Gereshk
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Kajaki
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Maiwand
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Now Zad
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Operation Glacier (Garmsir)
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Operation Glacier (Koshtay)
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Operation Glacier (Jugroom Fort)
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664 squadron, handover with
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third tour of Afghanistan
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Jim (FOG)
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John
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Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)
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Jugroom Fort
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Kabul
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Kajaki
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Arnhem
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dam
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Falcon
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missions in and around
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Shrine
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Kandahar
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Airfield
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Karzai, Hamid
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Koshtay
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Laden, Osama bin
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Lashkar Gah
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Lewis, Bootsy
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Macy, Ed (Elton)

Army Air Corps, joins
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bicycle accident
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birth
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childhood
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concern for life
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day pattern
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family
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fights
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first tour in Afghanistan
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killing the enemy, feelings after
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leaves army
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life after army
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MC
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mistakes
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Northern Ireland tour
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operations
see under individual operation
name

Para
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retirement from army, failed attempt at
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SAS, trains for selection process
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school
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second tour of Afghanistan, deployment to
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training, Apache
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Macy, Emily
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Macy, Greg (brother)
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Magowan, Lieutenant Colonel Rob
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Maiwand
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MI6 136,
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Ministry of Defence (MoD)
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Mohammed, Mullah Fahir
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Musa Qa’leh
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Musharraf, Pervez
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