Danger Close: Tactical Air Controllers in Afghanistan and Iraq (Williams-Ford Texas AandM University Military History Series)

?America had a secret weapon,” writes Steve Call of the period immediately following September 11, 2001, as planners contemplated the invasion of Afghanistan. This weapon consisted of small teams of Special Forces operatives trained in close air support (CAS) who, in cooperation with the loose federation of Afghan rebels opposed to the Taliban regime, soon began achieving i More »