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The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), abbreviated as 160th SOAR(A), is a special operations force of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for special operations forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and these missions are usually conducted at night, at high ...
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 ...
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky provides aviation support to units within USSOCOM. The Regiment consists of MH-6 and AH-6 light helicopters, MH-60 helicopters and MH-47 heavy assault helicopters. The capabilities of the 160th SOAR (A) have been evolving since the early 1980s.
Fort Campbell Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Dwyer Jr. died doing what he loved said a family friend. Dwyer, 38, was one of five 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), or Night Stalkers ...
Army Special Forces CSIB. The 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) is a division-level special operation forces command within the US Army Special Operations Command. [6] The command was established on 30 September 2014, grouping together the Army special forces, psychological operations, civil affairs, and other support troops into a single organization operating out of its new headquarters ...
Five soldiers killed in the Black Hawk helicopter crash were part the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers. From California to Tennessee: What we know about 5 ...
The Pentagon identified on Monday each of the five special operations aviators who were killed in a training flight crash in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday evening.
On 28 May 2012, the operation was carried out: two teams – one from the British Army 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) and one from U.S. Naval Special Warfare DEVGRU – were inserted by U.S. Army 160th SOAR "Nightstalker" Sikorsky MH-60M Blackhawk helicopters at an LZ 2 km from the target location, then the assault force advanced on ...