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‘IRT/HRF’ (emergency scramble)
106
,
113
,
114
–15,
116
,
117
,
128
,
137
,
160
,
171
,
184
,
187
–8,
239
,
242
,
243
,
244

morning brief
105
,
113

multi–tasking required
35
–6

Night Vision Goggles (NVGs)
172
,
175
,
204
,
220

personal possessions
52

physical pressure on
190

post-mission report
107

radios
56
,
61
,
105
,
114
,
115
,
137
,
200
,
203
,
207
,
245
,
246
,
253
,
254
,
261
,
290

Release To Service
42
–3,
202
,
341

Relief in Place
244
–5,
270

responsibility, sense of
62
–3

shifts
105

situational/intelligence brief
92
,
93
–5,
109
,
134
,
195
–6

survival jackets
200
–1,
277
,
281
,
322

‘Testing and Maintenance’
106
–7

training programme
15
,
17
,
34
–9

weapons and ammunition, personal
50
,
51
,
114
,
288
,
301
,
310
,
311

workload
190

Power Meter Indicator
251

re-arming
87
–9

refuelling
87
,
226

resilience under fire
30
,
173
–5

rotor blades
29

30
,
33
,
59
,
77
,
174

Saturn radios
33

seats
17
,
54
,
206

spare parts/maintenance
44
,
45

speed of
70

stealth technology
29

surveillance capabilities
29

take-off
53

60

Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (TADS)
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
30
,
36
,
45
,
55
,
66
,
67
,
71
,
74
,
77
,
87
,
111
,
117
,
118
,
121
,
123
,
124
,
145
,
149
,
152
,
157
,
160
,
171
,
186
,
204
,
205
,
206
,
212
,
215
,
216
,
217
,
230
,
246
,
251
,
253
,
254
–5,
259
,
260
,
264
,
265
,
303

trivia
85
–6,
90
,
180
,
233

Up Front Display (UFD)
55

weapons systems:

cannon
3

4
,
22
,
30
–1,
75
–6,
88
,
114
,
150
,
164
,
205
,
216
–17,
218
,
224
,
225
,
226
,
247
,
249
,
266
,
269
,
289
,
291
,
299
,
300
,
324
,
338
,
347

development of
30
–1

firing
71
,
74

81

Flechette rocket
31
,
75
–6,
77
–9,
86
,
90
,
150
,
223
,
267
,
268
,
269
,
316
,
320
,
338
,
347

HEISAP rocket
31
,
266
,
311
,
316
,
320
,
338

Hellfire missiles
2

3
,
22
,
31
,
32
,
53
,
54
,
88
–9,
90
,
104
,
110
,
114
,
118
,
119
,
122
–3,
125
,
126
,
146
,
164
,
165
,
173
,
193
,
199
,
205
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
219
,
221
,
225
,
226
,
232
,
234
,
237
,
249
,
258
,
264
,
266
,
267
,
268
,
260
,
281
,
286
,
313
,
316
,
320
,
338
,
347

loading
53
–4,
58

rockets
22
,
31
,
114
,
117

wheel
66

Balkans conflict
2

Baram Cha
155

Bartlett, Sergeant Paul
3
,
7
,
8

9
,
167

Bell AH1 ‘Huey’ Cobra
29

Billy
34
,
38
,
42
–3,
46
,
49
,
105
,
109
,
163
,
169
,
182
,
187
,
190
,
191
,
193
,
233

Blair visit to Camp Bastion and
129
,
130
,
133

callsign
100
,
104

Camp Bastion, arrival at
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
17

18
,
19
,
23

commission
354

DFC
350
,
351
,
352

familiarisation flight
58
–9,
60
,
61
,
62
,
66
,
69

Gereshk
71
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
80
,
85
,
86
,
87
,
90

Kajaki
115
,
116
,
120
,
125

Operation Glacier (Garmsir)
146
,
149
,
155
,
157
,
158
,

Operation Glacier (Jugroom Fort)
244
,
245
,
246
,
248
,
253
,
256
,
257
,
258
,
259
,
260
,
261
,
262
,
263
,
264
,
266
,
267
,
268
,
269
,
270
,
271
,
273
,
275
,
277
,
281
,
282
,
286
,
293
,
294
,
308
,
316
,
318
,
319
,
320
,
321
,
322
,
328
,
329
,
330
,
332
,
333
,
335
,
336
,
337
,
338
,
339
,
340
,
344

Operation Glacier (Koshtay)
197
,
199
,
202
,
205
,
206
,
211
,
213
,
216
,
218
,
219
,
221
,
225
,
226
,
227
,
228
,
233

Blair, Tony
19

20
,
126
,
127
–34,
345

Blundell, Sergeant Kev
88
,
89
,
92
,
109
,
126
,
226
,
234
,
321
,
323
–4,
347

Boeing
29
,
33

Bosnia
28

British Army:

Apache, acquires
28
–9

casualties
6
,
22
,
66
,
68
,
93
,
148
–9,
150
,
151
,
152
,
170
,
193
,
243

350

first deployed to Afghanistan
19

20

friendly fire (blue-on-blue) incidents
71
,
151
,
152
,
343
–4

Helmand Task Force HQ, Lashkar Gah
12
,
111
,
115
,
198
,
227
,
228
,
231
,
254
,
342

ISTAR units
94

Joint Operations Cell (JOC)
43
–4,
69
,
90
,
114
,
116
,
126
,
152
,
197
,
243
,
261

Military Internet Relay Chat (MIRC)
136

operations
see under individual operation
name

reconstruction programmes
22

ROE (Rules of Engagement)
164
–5,
231
,
336

British Army Air Corps (AAC)
12
,
27
–9,
37
–8,
98
,
191
,
197
,
347

656 Squadron
12

1 flight
46

2 flight
46
,
113
,
188

3 flight
46
,
53
,
103
,
183
,
184
–5,
238
–9,

241
–2,
245
,
262
,
263
,
278
,
335
,
339

backgrounds of pilots
24

debriefs
90
–1,
159

‘Deliberate Tasking’
105
,
106
,
144
,
155
,
185

‘Duty Ops’
105

first deployment to Afghanistan
39

41

Gereshk
70

82

Garmsir
143
–61,
194
–9

Helmand Reaction Force
106

HQ flight
46
,
102
,
113
,
144
,
155
,
185
–6,
200
,
239
,
334

Incident Response Team
106

intensity of fighting
22

‘IRT/HRF’ (emergency scramble)
106
,
113
,
114
–15,
116
,
117
,
128
,
137
,
160
,
171
,
184
,
187
–8,
239
,
242
,
243

Jugroom Fort
239
–51

Koshtay
206
–25,
226
–36,
237
,
347

mail
182
–3

medivacs/casevac
106
,
148
–9,
243
,
246
–7

names of aircraft
98

101

Operation Glacier
143
–61,
194

237
,
238
,
239
–51

Operation Steve–O
171
–80

return from second deployment
347

ROE (Rules of Engagement)
164
–5,
231
,
336

SBS casualties, attempt to recover
1

9
,
65
,
111
,
137
,
167
,
247
–8

second deployment to Afghanistan
13
,
42
–8

situational/intelligence brief
92
,
93
–5,
109
,
134
,
195
–6

‘Testing and Maintenance’
106
–7

664 Squadron
13
,
42
,
43
,
46
–7,
67

British Army units:

C Squadron of the Light Dragoons
154
,
241
,
253
,
291
,
317

Gurkhas
2

Information Exploitation Battlegroup
153
–4,
194

Joint Helicopter Command (JHC)
236
,
328
,
338

Joint Helicopter Force (JHF)
17
,
43
–4,
56
,
85
,
90
,
92
,
93
,
99
,
105
,
108
,
109
,
111
,
115
,
116
,
128
,
136
,
141
,
151
,
159
,
161
,
166
,
170
,
182
,
183
,
190
,
192
,
197
,
201
,
233
,
234
,
236
,
237
,
243
,
245
,
326
,
327
,
334
,
337
,
338

Parachute Regiment
1
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
94

2 Para
26
,
27

3 Para
21
–2,
39

16 Air Assault Brigade
20
,
48
,
66
,
141

Royal Artillery
193

Royal Engineers
16
,
67
,
275

Royal Fusiliers
40

Royal Marines
94
,
194

3 Commando
48
,
104
,
143
,
144
–5,
146
–7,
150
,
238
,
341
–2,
345
,
349
,
350

Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF)
154
,
155
–6,
157
,
158
,
197
–8,
202
–3,
208
,
209
,
224

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