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Five soldiers killed in the Black Hawk helicopter crash were part the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers.
October 7: A US MH-47D helicopter, serial number 89-00160 crashed in Kumar province while landing in a combat zone, the helicopter rolled over and was destroyed. [ 184 ] September 25: Five US soldiers were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, serial number 90-00200 was shot down in Zabul province while returning from an operation. [ 185 ]
Dwyer, 38, was one of five 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), or Night Stalkers, soldiers who died Nov. 10 when their MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down over the Mediterranean ...
A helicopter from the 160th SOAR arrived and began receiving heavy fire from the enemy, with an AH-64 Apache helicopter from the 1st Battalion 101st Aviation Regiment escorting the helicopter, put their Apache directly between the U.S. troops, the helicopter and the enemy forces to draw the fire. As a result, the extraction was a success.
Staff Sgt. Grone enlisted in the Army in 2017 as a Black Hawk repairer, according to his service details, and was assigned to the 160th SOAR. He went on to serve as a flight instructor and MH-60M ...
A 160th SOAR(A) MH-6M equipped with the FRIES fast-roping system inserts a team of 75th Army Rangers on a building's roof during a CQB exercise. AH/MH-6M Also occasionally referred to as the Mission Enhanced Little Bird (MELB), it is a highly modified version of the MD 530 series commercial helicopter. [9]
All eight 160th SOAR aviators and crew and all eight Navy SEALs on board were killed, including commander of the 160th, Major Stephen C. Reich, and ground commander LCDR Erik S. Kristensen, of SEAL Team 10. [citation needed] Command and control was lost and neither visual nor radio contact could be established with the SEAL team. At this point ...
Photos provided by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The five U.S. soldiers killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea were ... While with the 160th Special ...