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In October 1993 in Somalia, Night Stalkers became involved in the Battle of Mogadishu, which later became the subject of the book Black Hawk Down, and its film adaptation. Two Night Stalker Black Hawks, Super 6-1 (piloted by Cliff Wolcott), and Super 6-4 (piloted by Mike Durant), were shot down in the battle. Five of the eighteen men killed ...
The 160th SOAR (A) has the mission to organize, equip, train, resource, and employ Army Special Operations Aviation (ARSOA) forces worldwide in support of contingency missions and combatant commanders. Known as "Night Stalkers," these soldiers are proficient in nighttime operations.
The five service members were part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers.They were killed when their helicopter crashed during a refueling training off of ...
The capabilities of the 160th SOAR (A) have been evolving since the early 1980s. Its focus on night operations resulted in the nickname, "Night Stalkers." [81] The primary mission of the Night Stalkers is to conduct overt or covert infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of special operations forces across a wide range of environmental conditions.
The Night Stalkers, originally created as Task Force 160, pioneered the Army's first nighttime flying techniques and "its capability to strike undetected during the hours of darkness and its ...
Soliders from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiments, known as the Night Stalkers, were killed in a training exercise. Here's what we know about the group.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff launched a search for helicopter pilots who could fly at night from navy ships, then set out to train them for the special requirements of the job. Helicopters from the army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) reached the navy's command ship La Salle in the Persian Gulf on 5 August 1987.
The "Night Stalkers" of the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is the world's premier rotary-wing special-operations unit.