Meet the Army’s ‘Night Stalkers,’ the special-operations pilots who can fly anything anywhere in the world | Business Insider

The Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th SOAR), also known as the “Night Stalkers, is the world’s premier rotary-wing unit that specializes in transport, attack, reconnaissance missions, and special-operations units. The unit is born from a failed attempt on Operation Eagle Claw in 1980. Composed of four battalions, the unit operates three helicopter platforms and about 140 aircrafts.

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