16 Air Assault Brigade: Britain's Rapid Reaction Force: The History of Britain's Airborne Rapid Reaction Force

427 Pages·2008·13.21 MB·English

by  Ripley

The AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 attack helicopter provides
16 Air Assault Brigade with its main airborne firepower.
(AgustaWestland)

First published in Great Britain in 2008 by
Pen & Sword Aviation
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Copyright © Tim Ripley, 2008
9781783409136

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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Notes
Dedication
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION - Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 24
September 2006
CHAPTER 1 - 16 Air Assault Brigade, January 2008
CHAPTER 2 - British Army and Air Mobility
CHAPTER 3 - 24 Airmobile Brigade to Bosnia
CHAPTER 4 - 16 Air Assault Brigade and JHC Formed
CHAPTER 5 - By Helicopter to Kosovo
CHAPTER 6 - Sierra Leone, 2000
CHAPTER 7 - Exercise Eagle’s Strike, 2000
CHAPTER 8 - Operation Essential Harvest
CHAPTER 9 - Afghanistan, 2002
CHAPTER 10 - Invading Iraq, 2003
CHAPTER 11 - The Queen’s Apaches
CHAPTER 12 - A Fatal Blow?
CHAPTER 13 - Exercise Eagle’s Strike, 2005
CHAPTER 14 - Afghanistan, 2006
CHAPTER 15 - The Future of 16 Air Assault Brigade
INDEX
Notes
For ease of recognition the place names used throughout are
those in general usage in the international media. Many
locations in the Middle East and Balkans have multiple
spellings in local languages so confusion often arises.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to young Fergus Ripley who has already
shown a keen interest in flying helicopters after watching
several of the famous ‘Whooka, Whooka’ of the RAF above our
house.