Chinook Crew 'Chick': Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember

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Yet, here I am, standing strong, having navigated the Veterans' Mental Health care system, confronted my demons, and sought healing.

She helped me unravel why I was feeling the way I was, and was brilliant at aiding me to find and understand myself again. So, it was really to show kids that day that you don’t have to have a degree to have an amazing life, amazing career and something that challenges you every day.You learn what rules you can bend when you’re at war; if you’re getting shot at, what you can and can’t get away with. The first part of the book covers her training, the deployments, her love affair with the Chinook and the unique role she had, often being the only female in the room. BARB stands for British Army Recruit Battery and is a computer-based psychometric test someone must take before they can serve in the Army, to decide if they are suitable. She said: "I used to be there for the guys who used to come back from some of the MERT flights and be really There is so much more to the RAF and being a crewman than flying, it’s everything that goes inside or underneath the aircraft that I’m in charge of; you certainly don’t join the military to sit in a safe office.

Is there any way to summarise my career went too quickly, because I think for a lot of the chunk of it was Herrick.AeroTime caught up with Liz earlier this week and also appointed her as the latest AeroTime Aviation Champion in recognition of her work and dedication to the industry. Then a friend of mine and I were out walking and I mentioned it and she was like you’ve got to send this off to a publisher, what happens if somebody wants to publish it? Her narrative style is engaging and filled with vivid descriptions that make you feel like you're right there in the aircraft, experiencing the adrenaline rush and the camaraderie that comes with military aviation.

A wonderfully written story which really brings to life how challenging being in the Chinook force can be. Growing up as a child in the Troubles, I always wanted to seek out other countries, I wanted to see the world,” she said. The book is peppered with riveting anecdotes, from daring rescue missions to heartwarming interactions with fellow crew members.Liz said “the first thing I really remember in Iraq was the temperature and being a girl from Northern Ireland, I wasn’t used to 45-degree heat, and it just hit you like a brick wall when you got off the aircraft. During her time in Afghanistan she also saw Camp Bastion grow from a barbed wire fence surrounding an area of tents in the sand to the huge operating base it became.