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The Special Operations Peculiar MODification (SOPMOD) kit is an accessory system for the M4A1 carbine, CQBR, FN SCAR Mk 16/17, HK416 and other weapons used by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) special forces units, though it is not specific to SOCOM.
The 281st became the first organized special operations helicopter unit in the U.S. Army. Army historians consider the 281st to be the legacy unit for today's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), abbreviated as 160th SOAR(A). The unit earned decorations for Valor and Meritorious Service from the Army, Navy, and Republic of ...
Aircraft Notes 1st Special Operations Squadron: Kadena AB: MC-130J Commando II: Switching to Commando II in 2020 2d Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field: MQ-9 Reaper: 1 March 2009 [1] 3d Special Operations Squadron: Cannon AFB "Dragons" MQ-9 Reaper [2] 4th Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field "Ghost Riders" AC-130U Spooky [3] 5th ...
The United States Army Aviation Technology Office (ATO), known as Flight Concepts Division (FCD) before 2017, [1] is a component of the United States Army that provides discreet, sometimes clandestine helicopter aviation support primarily to Joint Special Operations Command. [2]
United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.
USASOC commands such units as the well known Special Forces (SF, or the "Green Berets"), the Rangers, and such relatively unknown units as two psychological operations groups, a special aviation regiment, a civil affairs brigade, and a special sustainment brigade. These are one of the USSOCOM's main weapons for waging unconventional warfare and ...
The aircraft and soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)," the department said in a statement Monday.
The 16th Special Operations Squadron is part of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. It operates the AC-130W Stinger II [ 4 ] aircraft in support of special operations.