The Chopper Boys

Helicopter Warfare in Africa

A J Venter

Hardcover

First Edition

Coffee Table Size

This book would be of particular interest to military aviation enthusiasts and ground pounders. This book is an anthology of various articles covering over four decades of African employment of helicopters during combined Air-Land, counterinsurgency operations. The book details various perspectives from African countries predominantly fighting during the Bush and Border wars era.

Al J. Venter is a specialist military writer and has had 50 books published. He started his career with Genevas Interavia Group, then owners of International Defence Review, to cover military developments in the Middle East and Africa. Venter has been writing on these and related issues such as guerrilla warfare, insurgency, the Middle East and conflict in general for half a century. He was involved with Janes Information Group for more than 30 years and was a stringer for the BBC, NBC News (New York) as well as Londons _Daily Express_ and _Sunday Express_. He branched into television work in the early 1980s and produced more than 100 documentaries, many of which were internationally flighted