The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as Task Force 160 (TF-160) or "Night Stalkers", is a special operations force of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for general purpose forces and special operations forces. Missions include insertion/extraction of special operations forces (SOF), attack/assault, reconnaissance with the following helicopters:
- MH-47E/G Chinook
- MH-60K/L/M Black Hawk
- MH-60L DAP (gunship variant)
- AH-6 / MH-6 "Little Bird"
- MH-47E/G Chinook
- MH-60K/L/M Black Hawk
- MH-60L DAP (gunship variant)
- AH-6 / MH-6 "Little Bird"
MH-6 and MH-47 from 160th SOAR (source : http://www.americanspecialops.com)
MH-60 from 160th SOAR (source : http://www.americanspecialops.com)
In the night between May 15 and 16, some MH-60 Black Hawk may have taken part in the raid that killed Islamic State member Abu Sayyaf.
This rare video was taken by Iraqi soldiers and show seven Black Hawk and two Chinook helicopters from 160th SOAR flying above them.
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