Hellfire (49 page)
Close Air Support (CAS) 324, 341, 342
Gazelle 33, 36, 37, 38, 46, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62-3, 64, 65, 68, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 89, 90, 91, 97, 118, 120, 147
Harrier 166, 269, 286, 355
Intimate Support 325, 341, 370
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars 69, 70, 71-2, 73, 74
Lynx 4, 46, 62, 79, 83, 84, 86-7, 89, 90, 91, 96, 130, 198, 289
Aliu Za’I 201
Al-Qaeda 104, 146
Al-Sadr, Muqtada 128
anti-aircraft guns/gunners
xx
, 13-16, 90, 91, 132-3, 184, 298-31, 337, 392
Apache AH64A 46-8, 89, 103-4, 119
Apache AH64D 89
Apache WAH-64D:
air-conditioning 106, 197, 202, 218, 309, 351, 366, 381
auxiliary power unit (APU) 115, 116, 197, 198, 201, 212, 213, 242, 263, 264, 268, 270, 286, 350, 351
‘bag’ flying in 117, 120-5, 136, 190
Boresight Reticule Unit (BRU) 100, 116
cannon, 30mm Hughes M230
Automatic Chain gun 10, 11, 12, 106-7, 162, 203, 218, 238, 239, 240, 248, 277, 278, 281-2, 283, 312, 315, 325, 360, 364, 385
Counter Measures Dispensing System (CMDS) 224-5, 228
CRV7 rocket 107, 109, 162
Data Transfer Cartridge (DTC) 264
Direct View Optics (DVO) 102
DTV camera 102, 103, 112, 177, 178, 378, 379, 380
‘dynamic harmonisation’ 162, 163-4, 266, 346, 364
effect on role of helicopters in British Army 88-9
EM first launches 137-43
engines, Rolls-Royce 66, 114, 116, 163, 223
EW self-protection capabilities 94-6, 224-5, 228
Fire Control Radar (FCR) 8, 101, 103, 106, 116, 226-7, 231, 309, 353
flares 92, 254, 263
Flechette 107, 108-9, 111, 263, 266, 337, 380-1, 386
Flight Reference Cards 265
Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) system 102, 103, 112, 119-20, 121, 268, 294, 302, 323, 357, 358, 378, 379, 380
fuel load 212, 217, 219, 225, 229, 230, 232, 250, 251-2, 327, 371, 388
Head-Mounted Display (HMD) 248, 377
HEDP rounds 106-7, 240, 248, 359, 383, 388
Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids Systems (HIDAS) 94, 95, 132, 364
High Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing (HEISAP) 107, 108, 111, 263, 382, 383, 386, 388
Hellfire missile
see
Hellfire missile
IDM - Improved Data Modem 350, 353, 369
Image Auto-Track (IAT) 142, 320, 321, 322
Improved Extended Forward Avionics Bay (IEFAB) 269
inspection of, pre-flight 114-15
ISTAR 100
Laser Warning Receiver System (LWRS) 94-5
lift off 219-21
loading/starting 209-11, 212-19
Longbow radar 89, 101, 109, 163, 226, 231, 269, 317
M261 rocket launchers 107
MAWS 94
MOD buy 46, 47, 66
monocle display 100, 115, 116, 119-20, 121, 126, 220, 225, 231, 305, 310, 329, 377, 384
Multi-Purpose Display (MPD) 7, 9, 47, 48, 95, 101, 103, 112, 119, 125, 126, 177, 225, 226, 227, 229, 231, 237, 238, 240, 244, 248, 265, 268, 276, 278, 314, 320, 351, 354, 360, 379, 381
Multi-Purpose-Sub-Munition (MPSM) 107-8, 111
ORT (Optical Relay Tube) 47-8, 102, 103, 106, 112, 127, 141, 353, 389, 390
Pilot’s Night Vision System (PNVS) 100, 121, 124, 134, 213, 298, 300, 379, 386
Pinvis (TADS thermal image) 101, 102, 121
port view
xxiv-xxv
Power Margin Indicator 230
preliminary flight checks 115
press and 171
Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI) 92
radios 215-16, 217, 264, 265, 269, 299, 366, 372
RWR receivers 94
secure datalink 101
simulator 120, 125-7, 128
size of 114
stabilator 264, 305
starboard view
xxvi-xxvii
survivability of 127
tail wheel 263-4
Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (TADS) 7, 9, 10, 11, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 109, 112, 141, 152, 169, 175, 176, 180, 213, 235, 237, 238, 248, 255, 268, 274, 276, 277, 278, 283, 290, 304, 306-7, 310, 314, 315, 316, 320, 322, 323, 328, 352, 368, 369, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 387, 394
torque 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 227
training course, British Army 98-130
UFD (Up Front Display) 211, 220
Area of Responsibility (AOR)
xv
, 131, 187, 199, 286, 299
Arming and Loading Point Commander 209
armoured vehicles:
armoured personnel carriers (APCs) 38
light armoured vehicles (LAVs) 353
Pinzgauer 201, 332
Scimitar 332, 353
Spartan 332
Striker armoured fighting vehicle 75
WMIKs 178, 180, 195, 201, 332, 366
Augustus, Operation 257
‘baffles’ 92
Baxter, Mick 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41
Bell Cobra 47, 88, 89
Benzie, Nichol 194, 195, 197, 291, 293
Bin Laden, Osama 131
Blair, Tony 104, 145, 146
blue-on-blue (friendly fire incident) 162, 164
BO105 (helicopter) 89
Bonn, Dickie 192, 194, 198, 204, 205, 290, 292
Bosnia 104
British Army:
Afghanistan bases
see under
individual base name
Afghanistan objectives 145-7
Afghanistan operations
see under individual operation name
Aldershot base, Hampshire 13-22
Catterick Camp, Yorkshire 149-50
Fremington Camp, Devon 33-41
Middle Wallop base, Hampshire 26-32, 42-54, 98, 99, 105-12, 113-30, 133, 262 Northern
Ireland 55-66
Rules of Engagement (ROE) 3, 8, 107, 165-71, 181, 182, 255, 275, 287, 288, 290, 308, 324, 329, 333, 335, 372
Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), Alberta, Canada 67-86, 234
units
see
British Army units
British Army units:
Army Air Corps (AAC) xxviii, 3, 25, 26, 55, 198, 292, 336
5 Regiment 55-66
9 Regiment 79, 86, 98
656 Squadron xxviii, 3, 55-66, 86, 96, 105, 152, 157, 193, 198, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 211, 212, 215, 217, 219, 232, 242, 244, 251, 258, 293, 344, 349, 350, 351, 364, 387
664 Squadron 62, 86, 149-50, 347, 392
Afghanistan operations
see under individual location and operation name
air combat instruction 90-1
Apache training course and selection process 86-7, 88, 98-125
Apache, acquires 66
deployment to Afghanistan 130, 131-3, 143-60
exercises/training, pre-Afghanistan 125-9, 133-43
Northern Ireland 55-66, 147, 175, 188, 237, 333, 334, 374, 377
pilot training 26-55
Special Forces Squadron 62, 63, 335
1 Para 45
2 Para 14, 22, 24-6, 34, 37, 45, 375
3 Para 1, 2, 45, 130, 132, 168, 171, 186, 188, 189, 191, 193, 194, 195, 199, 207, 208, 212, 216, 217, 241, 242, 253, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 332, 333, 339, 345, 353, 357, 366, 368, 392
A Company 1, 203, 206, 250
B Company 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 358, 360, 361, 363, 364, 369, 373, 388
D Company 201, 341, 342, 343, 344, 346, 361, 369, 388
Mortar Platoon 338, 346
Patrols Platoon 201, 202, 203, 212, 215, 240, 241, 338, 340, 341, 344, 345, 349, 361, 369
16 Air Assault Brigade 67, 129, 130, 132, 145, 147, 332, 392
Pathfinders Platoon 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 332, 333, 334, 338, 339, 343, 369
AMTAT (Air Manoeuvres Training and Advisory Team) 138-43
Gurkhas 306
Helmand Reaction Force (HRF) 191, 199, 206, 215, 258, 261, 266, 338, 351 Household Cavalry 334
Incident Response Team (IRT) 191, 199, 206, 215, 258, 261, 265, 266, 338, 351
Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) (JHF (A)) 3, 130, 162, 188, 189, 327, 336
Royal Artillery 13, 14
Royal Corps of Transport 199
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 27
Royal Irish 339, 344
Royal Marine
3 Brigade Air Squadron (3BAS) 90
Commando 31
Royal Military Police (RMP) 366
SAS 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, 32, 34, 66, 67, 68-9, 70, 87
Broken Arrow (Now Zad operation)
xix
, 258, 259, 260-1, 267-330
B-2 bomber 95
Bush, George W. 104, 106
C-17 Globemaster 161, 162
C-130 Hercules 95, 156, 177
Camp Bastion 1-5, 145, 151, 161, 173, 176, 181, 183, 186, 189, 190-200, 201, 202, 203, 225, 230, 239, 251, 257, 258, 260, 290, 298, 328, 329, 335, 336, 341, 344, 346, 364, 387, 391
casevac helicopter insertion 1-2, 259, 294
Catterick Camp 149-50
‘chaff’ launchers 91 Chinook, CH-47 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 97, 129, 130, 132, 147, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183, 194, 195, 196-7, 199, 200, 202, 203, 212, 226, 253, 255, 258, 259, 260, 265, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 330, 333, 338, 340, 341, 345, 346
Chinthe Lines 336
Close Air Support (CAS) 324, 341, 342
Cobra Venom 47
Combined Air Ground (CAG) frequencies 232
Common Tactical Air Frequency (CTAF) 6, 205, 232, 234
Danish troops 333, 339, 344, 369, 373
Dasht-e-Margo (Desert of Death) 131-2, 143, 176, 177, 230
Daz, Operation 266
De Havilland Chipmunk T10 training aircraft (‘Chippies’) 28, 33
Desert Eagle, Exercise 133, 262
dust landings 133-7, 183-6, 190
‘dynamic harmonisation’ 162, 163-4, 266, 346, 364
EA-6B Prowler 93, 95-6
Edgecombe, Colonel Greville 31
Emily 144, 145, 147-9, 154, 155, 160, 257, 266
Eurocopter Tiger 47, 89
FAC (Forward Air Controller) 68-71, 102, 139, 141, 142, 234, 235
Falklands War 24, 45, 108, 332
Farrar-Hockley, General 52
Felton, Lieutenant Colonel 3, 98, 129, 165, 288
FIBUA (Fighting In a Built-Up Area) 241
FOB Robinson 261
foot multiples, supporting 56-66
Fremington Camp, Devon 33-41
GAFA (Great Afghan Fuck All) 230
Gazelle 33, 36, 37, 38, 46, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62-3, 64, 65, 68, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 89, 90, 91, 97, 118, 120, 147
Gereshk 145, 261
glossary 397-410
Grau, Lester W. 168
Green Zone 179, 180, 181, 194-5, 235, 281, 292, 302, 304, 305, 311, 312, 316, 334, 338, 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 351, 352, 353, 356, 358, 362, 363, 364, 365, 373, 375, 376, 387
Gulf War, First 89, 103-4
Hardened Aircraft Landing Strip (HALS) 265-8, 269, 351, 364
helicopters
see under individual helicopter name
Hellfire missile, AGM-114 5, 347, 393
AA guns and 315, 316, 319, 320, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 334, 392
appearance of 262-3
EM fires 315, 316, 319, 320, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 334, 392
firing 111
firing close to friendly troops 325
LOAL Mode 110, 111, 112, 138
LOBL Mode 110-11, 138
Radio Frequency (RF) 109-10
ROE and 325
Semi-Active Laser (SAL) 109, 110, 111
warheads 110, 264
Helmand province
xiv
, 131, 152, 179, 199, 229, 332, 334
see also under individual area and place name
Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) 145
Helmand River 6, 146, 176
Hezb-I Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) 146, 166
Highway Zero One 177-9, 230, 231