02 Thunder of Heaven: a Joshua Jordan Novel
“According to plan, the next stop would be Iran and their attempt to rescue Joshua Jordan. The drop-off point was approaching.
Phase one of the operation had already been successful — the rendezvous between the four members of the rescue team and the IDF helicopter at a U.S. base in Baghdad. The two former Army Rangers and two retired Navy SEALs had arrived in Baghdad on a private jet that Rocky Bridger had booked for them. The Israeli Apache chopper had arrived a short time later; the arrival times were staggered to make them look coincidental.
The IDF had asked permission of the U.S. military transition team in Baghdad to land their helicopter. The stopover allowed the new longrange Apache to get refueled. The pilots said they were running a recon mission over Turkish airspace and had encountered mechanical difficulties. Turkey, they said, had refused to allow them to land. The U.S. peacekeeping command met the whole thing with skepticism. The U.S. troops had been ordered to refrain ...from engaging in military operations, essentially prohibited from returning fire without specific orders.MoreLess
Phase one of the operation had already been successful — the rendezvous between the four members of the rescue team and the IDF helicopter at a U.S. base in Baghdad. The two former Army Rangers and two retired Navy SEALs had arrived in Baghdad on a private jet that Rocky Bridger had booked for them. The Israeli Apache chopper had arrived a short time later; the arrival times were staggered to make them look coincidental.
The IDF had asked permission of the U.S. military transition team in Baghdad to land their helicopter. The stopover allowed the new longrange Apache to get refueled. The pilots said they were running a recon mission over Turkish airspace and had encountered mechanical difficulties. Turkey, they said, had refused to allow them to land. The U.S. peacekeeping command met the whole thing with skepticism. The U.S. troops had been ordered to refrain ...from engaging in military operations, essentially prohibited from returning fire without specific orders.MoreLess
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