SOAR Night Stalkers MH-60 in Iraq

The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment -SOAR-(Airborne) is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for general purpose forces and Special Operations Forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and are usually conducted at night, at high speeds, low altitudes, and on short notice. The 160th SOAR is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 160th SOAR (A) are also known as the Night Stalkers and their motto is Night Stalkers Don't Quit.

The 160th provided aviation support during numerous special operations raids during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. One of them was the rescue mission of PFC. Jessica Lynch taken prisoner in 2003, the raid in Al Qadisiyah, as well as the rescue of three Italian contractors and one Polish businessman held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents in 2004.

Night Stalker helicopters were present during the 2008 SOCOM counter-terror exercises in Denver.

On 24 April 2008, Company D, 3rd Battalion, 160th SOAR was inactivated at a ceremony conducted at Hunter Army Airfield, GA, as part of an overall regimental transformation plan.

The 160th SOAR also took part in the 2008 Abu Kamal raid.

On 19 August 2009, four Night Stalkers from D Company, 1st Battalion, 160th SOAR have lost their lives in a MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in Leadville, Colorado, during a mountain and environmental training.

A unit helicopter which crashed during a training operation is covered by a red tarp (center left) on the Arctic after the accident.On 22 October 2009, a 3rd Battlaion helicopter crashed into the USNS Arctic during a joint training exercise involving fast roping about 20 miles off Fort Story, Virginia. The crash killed a soldier, Staff Sergeant James R. Stright, 29, and injured eight others, three seriously.

The UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. The UH-60A entered service with the Army in 1979, to replace the UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport.
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[LiveAndLetDie222]

May I ask what the song was?

[sasty73]

@LiveAndLetDie222 Sorry I cant remember!!!!

[LiveAndLetDie222]

@sasty73 It's all good. I found it. :}

Outta control - hoobastank.

[sasty73]

@LiveAndLetDie222 Thanks I put the info on the video!!!!

[sasty73]

@faid383 thanks for your comment!!!

[faid383]

Because air cav is regular army the 160th is under SOCOM yes the same (SOCOM) as seal team 6 and the video game they just don't Bragg about it SOCOM is an acronym for Special Operations Command only the 160th, Seal team 6, what you know as Delta force and the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment are under SOCOM the squids or seals are the only ones that bragg :)  CT C/1/160 SOAR (A)

[sphinx129]

Night stalkers dont quit!

[rds13601]

Why don't all Air cavalry units have the same excellence, tactics, weaponry, etc as the 160th.?

[ieatpilli]

Bad-ass!

[SUFI194189]

Much respect and love!

NSDQ!!