No Room for Error: The Story Behind the USAF Special Tactics

No Room for Error: The Story Behind the USAF Special Tactics Unit

â€œJohn Carney is one of the few heroes I have.â€
â€“LT. COL. L. H. â€œBUCKYâ€ BURRUSS, USA (Ret.)
Founding member and Deputy Commander of Delta Force

When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite â€œspecial tacticsâ€ team in the late 1970s to work in conjunction with special-operations forces combating terrorists and hijackers and defusing explosive international emergencies, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactical units have circled the world on sensitive clandestine missions. They have operated behind enemy lines gathering vital intelligence. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered many times the casualty rate of Americaâ€™s conventional forces. But they have gotten the job doneâ€“most recently in stunning victories in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, which Carney calls â€œAmericaâ€™s first special-operations war.â€ Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.

Part memoir, part military history, No Room for Error reveals how Carney, after a decade of military service, was handpicked to organize a small, under-funded, classified ad hoc unit known as Brand X, which even his boss knew very little about. Here Carney recounts the challenging missions: the secret reconnaissance in the desert of north-central Iran during the hostage crisis; the simple rescue operation in Grenada that turned into a prolonged bloody struggle. With Operation Just Cause in Panama, the Special Tactical units scored a major success, as they took down the corrupt regime of General Noriega with lightning speed. Desert Storm was another triumph, with Carneyâ€™s team carrying out vital search-and-rescue missions as well as helping to hunt down mobile Scud missiles deep inside Iraq.

Now with the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, special operations have come into their own, and Carney includes a chapter detailing exactly how the Air Force Special Tactics d.c. units have spearheaded the successful campaign against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Gripping in its battle scenes, eye-opening in its revelations, No Room for Error is the first insiderâ€™s account of how special operations are changing the way modern wars are fought. Col. John T. Carney is an airman America can be proud of, and he has written an absolutely superb book.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer Presidio Press
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0345453352_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2003-09-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345453358

Country	USA
Brand	BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer	Presidio Press
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0345453352_used
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2003-09-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345453358

No Room for Error: The Story Behind the USAF Special Tactics Unit

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