I don't think anybody has mentioned it yet but `Not a good day to die' by Sean Naylor is worth a look, it's an account of Operation Anaconda carried out by 101st Airborne and the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan March 2002.
It's been a while since I read it but two accounts from it I particularly remember,a Casevac by a Chinook where the crew took the machine to 170kts IAS which I'm guessing is well past vne (I've know experience on a Chinook,maybe someone who has could verify whether that's exceptional) and then perform somthing called an Australian Decel,(again no idea maybe somone else could help?).
Another account is of an Apache crew who get pretty badly shot up,land and discover amonst other things, a cracked main rotor blade and no oil in the MGB,whilst taking fire they empty their spare tins of oil into the MGB and set off on a 36min flight back to safety,apparently the GB can take 30mins with no oil, I won't ruin it incase you read it.
I thought it was good read, a good insight if nothing else into whats happening in Afghanistan.