Saturday, May 23, 2015

Video - Chinook and Blackhawk from 160th SOAR in Iraq

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-6 and MH-47 from 160th SOAR (source : http://www.americanspecialops.com)

MH-60 from 160th SOAR (source : http://www.americanspecialops.com)

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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