Jump to content

Something to read while you are waiting "Apache over Libya"

whiteladder

By whiteladder
in DCS: AH-64D

 Share

Recommended Posts

whiteladder

whiteladder

Posted
Posted

If you fancy something to get you ready for the Apache I can't recommend "Apache over Libya" highly enough.

Written by Will Laidlaw who was the CO of 4 British Army Apache's deployed to the Helicopter assault ship Hms Ocean in the summer of 2011.

 

What started as a 6 week training deployment to the Med, to refine the types use on board ships turned into full on involvement in the Civil war in Libya. 

With 116 targets destroyed and numerous ProGad soldiers engaged with the cannon the small force was in the thick of the action. 

Engaged by SA-24 manpads, locked up by SA-6 and SA-5 this was a different fight than the highly experienced pilots were use to in Helmand where dominance in the air was the norm. Its a totally different read than say Apache dawn.

The missions are described in detail, the careful planning to get through the dangerous costal zone, the attacks and the hair raising trips back to a ship that isn't always where it is supposed to be. Even has the YouTube links to the footage from the missions you are reading about.

 

Great read, loads of useful insight of how to fight an Apache, flying from a carrier, what's not to loved about this book.

 

 

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 1
ChillNG

ChillNG

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, whiteladder said:

If you fancy something to get you ready for the Apache I can't recommend "Apache over Libya" highly enough.

Written by Will Laidlaw who was the CO of 4 British Army Apache's deployed to the Helicopter assault ship Hms Ocean in the summer of 2011.

 

What started as a 6 week training deployment to the Med, to refine the types use on board ships turned into full on involvement in the Civil war in Libya. 

With 116 targets destroyed and numerous ProGad soldiers engaged with the cannon the small force was in the thick of the action. 

Engaged by SA-24 manpads, locked up by SA-6 and SA-5 this was a different fight than the highly experienced pilots were use to in Helmand where dominance in the air was the norm. Its a totally different read than say Apache dawn.

The missions are described in detail, the careful planning to get through the dangerous costal zone, the attacks and the hair raising trips back to a ship that isn't always where it is supposed to be. Even has the YouTube links to the footage from the missions you are reading about.

 

Great read, loads of useful insight of how to fight an Apache, flying from a carrier, what's not to loved about this book.

 

 

 

Awesome, thanks for the heads-up...always after new books 😀.

 

  • Thanks 1

 

 

QuiGon

QuiGon

Posted
Posted

Thanks for the recommendation. Haven't heard about this book so far, so this is great to know. I've read Apache Dawn and @Ed Macy's books, so I will definitely read that one as well!

Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit

DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!

Tornado3 small.jpg

Rogue Trooper

Rogue Trooper

Posted
Posted

Ordered, thanks for the recommendation.

HP G2 Reverb (Needs upgrading), Windows 10 VR settings: IPD is 64.5mm, High image quality, G2 reset to 60Hz refresh rate. set to OpenXR, but Open XR tool kit disabled.

DCS: Pixel Density 1.0, Forced IPD at 55 (perceived world size), DLSS setting is quality at 1.0. VR Driver system: I9-9900KS 5Ghz CPU. XI Hero motherboard and RTX 3090 graphics card, 64 gigs Ram, No OC... Everything needs upgrading in this system!.

Vaicom user and what a superb freebie it is! Virpil Mongoose T50M3 base & Mongoose CM2 Grip (not set for dead stick), Virpil TCS collective with counterbalance kit (woof woof). Virpil Apache Grip (OMG). MFG pedals with damper upgrade. Total controls Apache MPDs set to virtual Reality height. Simshaker Jet Pro vibration seat.. Uses data from DCS not sound... goodbye VRS.

Mad Dog 762

Mad Dog 762

Posted
Posted

Ordered!  Looking forward to it!

 

System: Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 5 Ghz, Z-390 Gaming X, 64Gb DDR4-3200, EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3, Dedicated SSD, Varjo Aero, Winwing Orion & F-16EX

DCS Modules: A-10C II,  A/V-8B NA, Bf-109 K4, P-51D, P-47D, F/A-18C, F-14 A/B, F-16 CM, F-86F, JF-17, KA-50 Black Shark 3, UH-1H, Mosquito, AH-64D Longbow, F-4E

Terrains & Tech:  Afghanistan, Caucasus, Persian Gulf, Normandy, Syria, Nevada, The Channel, Combined Arms, WWII Assets, Supercarrier

  • 1 month later...
Rogue Trooper

Rogue Trooper

Posted
Posted

Very enjoyable book.

Nice to read about the Apache flying against advanced missiles.

  • Like 1

HP G2 Reverb (Needs upgrading), Windows 10 VR settings: IPD is 64.5mm, High image quality, G2 reset to 60Hz refresh rate. set to OpenXR, but Open XR tool kit disabled.

DCS: Pixel Density 1.0, Forced IPD at 55 (perceived world size), DLSS setting is quality at 1.0. VR Driver system: I9-9900KS 5Ghz CPU. XI Hero motherboard and RTX 3090 graphics card, 64 gigs Ram, No OC... Everything needs upgrading in this system!.

Vaicom user and what a superb freebie it is! Virpil Mongoose T50M3 base & Mongoose CM2 Grip (not set for dead stick), Virpil TCS collective with counterbalance kit (woof woof). Virpil Apache Grip (OMG). MFG pedals with damper upgrade. Total controls Apache MPDs set to virtual Reality height. Simshaker Jet Pro vibration seat.. Uses data from DCS not sound... goodbye VRS.

sirrah

sirrah

Posted
Posted (edited)

I went for Ed Macy's: Apache

(Is this "@Ed Macy" the actual author?)

 

Anyway, I can also highly reccomend this book :thumbup:

 

 

 

(Will probably pick up Apache over Libya once I finished it 😉)

Edited by sirrah

System specs:

 

i7-8700K @stock speed - GTX 1080TI @ stock speed - AsRock Extreme4 Z370 - 32GB DDR4 @3GHz- 500GB SSD - 2TB nvme - 650W PSU

HP Reverb G1 v2 - Saitek Pro pedals - TM Warthog HOTAS - TM F/A-18 Grip - TM Cougar HOTAS (NN-Dan mod) & (throttle standalone mod) - VIRPIL VPC Rotor TCS Plus with ALPHA-L grip - Pointctrl & aux banks <-- must have for VR users!! - Andre's SimShaker Jetpad - Fully adjustable DIY playseat - VA+VAICOM - Realsimulator FSSB-R3

 

~ That nuke might not have been the best of ideas, Sir... the enemy is furious ~ GUMMBAH

vvm13

vvm13

Posted
Posted

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TU1QI4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hellfire

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RI9QXU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Apache

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UYUSPK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o05?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Dressed to Kill

 

And not about Apache, but also about helicopters :

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QAP3JQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One

 

https://www.amazon.com/Scram-Gripping-First-hand-Helicopter-Falklands-ebook/dp/B006WAIU9A/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Benson+Harry.+Scram&qid=1630841266&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

Scram!: The Gripping First-hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands

 

  • Like 2
Mad Dog 762

Mad Dog 762

Posted
Posted

I recently read this book.  It was light on details as far as actually flying the Apache.  A lot of background and such on using it from a sea borne platform and dealing with Brit beauracracy.  I guess I was hoping for something more like Ed Macy's excellent books.  

 

There is a book on Amazon called, I believe, Riding the Dragon, by a guy going by the name of Steve Stone.  It is horribly written and I believe a lot of it is plagarized from Ed Macys books, but its only like 99 cents so if you are desperate for something to read with the Apache in it and can overlook really poor writing, give it a whirl.  

 

MD

 

System: Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 5 Ghz, Z-390 Gaming X, 64Gb DDR4-3200, EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3, Dedicated SSD, Varjo Aero, Winwing Orion & F-16EX

DCS Modules: A-10C II,  A/V-8B NA, Bf-109 K4, P-51D, P-47D, F/A-18C, F-14 A/B, F-16 CM, F-86F, JF-17, KA-50 Black Shark 3, UH-1H, Mosquito, AH-64D Longbow, F-4E

Terrains & Tech:  Afghanistan, Caucasus, Persian Gulf, Normandy, Syria, Nevada, The Channel, Combined Arms, WWII Assets, Supercarrier

  • 1 month later...
SparrowHawk003

SparrowHawk003

Posted
Posted (edited)

Apache over Libya is great read and gives a nice overview of wartime missions in an unusual environment.

I'm currently reading Ed Macey's "Hellfire". This is a great read so far, especially as he also describes the operation of the Apache from within the Cockpit quite well, in fair detail.

Its entertaining yet technical. I'm definitely going to read his other book too.
 

All the above written from British Aviator's (AAC) point of view, which I am sure will be quite different from US Army aviators. Can anyone recommend books written from a US perspective? 

Edited by nguludi
  • Like 1
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...