For all the 'Hookers' out there in the USA and anyone else interested in the CH47, there is a great book out in hardback right now called 'Immediate Response' by Major Mark Hammond DFC RM, a Royal Marine pilot on exchange with the RAF Chinook force. He previously flew attack helos including a tour on Whiskey Cobras for the US Marines.
The book is not really about Hammond, more about the RAF Chinook force and the work the cabs and crews are doing in Afghansitan, especially in the medical immediate response role. It is a very gritty read with plenty of realism, I know as I have have done 6 tours out there too!
Worth buying now, or waiting until March when it comes out in paperback.
You can get it from
Amazon.com: Immediate Response (9780718154745): Mark Hammond: Books in the US
and
Immediate Response: Amazon.co.uk: Mark Hammond: Books in the UK.
The paperback pre-order in UK is:
Immediate Response: Amazon.co.uk: Mark Hammond: Books
Sorry to shamelessly plug it, but he is a mate and the work being done by the Chinook force in Afghanistan is amazing - along with all the amazing work being done by everyone else in that country!
