Armed Action

After years of brutal Navy training, Lieutenant Commander James Newton faced the terrufying reality of life on the frontline of southern Iraq - at the controls of a £30m attack helicopter. The ferocious battles that followed the British assault on Basra saw Newton and 847 Naval Air Squadron face an onslaught from tanks, mortar units, snipers and entire divisions of Iraqi troops, as they fought alongside the Royal Marines to protect the strategically vital oil installations...