Research Catalog

Title

Danger close : my epic journey as a combat helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan / Amber Smith.

Author

Smith, Amber (Amber Lane), 1981-

Publication

• New York : Atria Books, 2016.
• ©2016

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Holdings

Details

Description

xvi, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"A memoir of active combat by an elite female helicopter pilot stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan vividly describes her division's high-risk battles and the ways they were challenged to perform under extreme duress, sharing additional insights into her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated unit,"--NoveList.

Subject

• Smith, Amber 1981-
• United States. Airborne Division, 101st
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Aerial operations, American
• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, American
• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Aerial operations, American
• Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography
• Women helicopter pilots > United States > Biography
• Helicopter pilots > United States > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

This is what war feels like -- Born to fly -- Mother Rucker -- Sink or swim -- Hurry up and wait -- Welcome to Iraq -- Better safe than sorry -- Bingo -- Troops in contact -- Friendly fire -- What lies beneath -- Annihilator -- Flying blind -- One last mission -- Screaming eagles -- The crash -- A new war -- Cleared hot -- Shooting to kill -- Cheating death -- War tests you -- Good-bye -- Lucky strike -- KIA -- The Tagab -- Handing off the war -- Epilogue: alive.

ISBN

• 9781501116384
• 150111638X
• 9781501116407 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016021638

OCLC

• ocn953175436
• SCSB-14373632

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library