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Description of  Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan

The inspiring and riveting first-ever memoir of active combat by a female helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan. Amber Smith flew into enemy fire in some of the most dangerous combat zones in the world. One of only a few women to fly the Kiowa Warrior helicopterwhose mission, armed reconnaissance, required its pilots to stay low and fly fast, perilously close to the fightSmith deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the elite 2-17 Cavalry Regiment, part of the legendary 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. She rose to Pilot-in-Command and Air Mission Commander in the premier Kiowa unit in the Army, repeatedly flying into harms way during her 2005 and 2008 deployments. In Read more