(Airborne)
"Night Stalkers Dont Quit"
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(Airborne) "Night Stalkers Dont Quit" |
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) provides aviation support to Army special operations forces. The Regiment consists of modified MH-6/AH-6 utility/attack helicopters, MH-60/AH-60 utility/attack helicopters and MH-47 medium-lift helicopters. The capabilities of the 160th SOAR have been evolving since the early 1980s.
| HHC: | Fort Campbell, KY |
| 1st Battalion: | Fort Campbell, KY |
| 2nd Battalion: | Fort Campbell, KY |
| 3rd Battalion: | Hunter AAF, GA |
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"Little Bird" |
Utility - Small force infiltration/extraction AAQ-16 FLIR , ALQ-144 IR jammer, radar warning receivers |
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AH-6  |
"Little Bird" |
Attack - Close air ground support / Direct Action The armed AH-6J attack version can be fitted with a mix of 7.62mm miniguns, 70mm rocket pods, .50-caliber machine guns, or Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. AAQ-16 FLIR, ALQ-144 IR jammer, radar warning receivers, |
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"Crash Hawk" | Utility - Equipped with the AAQ-16 FLIR , ALQ-144 IR jammer, radar warning receivers. The MH-47E also typically mounts a .50-caliber machine gun out a back window and an M60 7.62mm machine gun facing out the helicopter's rear ramp. |
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"DAP" | The armed AH-60 attack version can be fitted with a mix of 7.62mm miniguns, 70mm rocket pods, .50-caliber machine guns, or Hellfire air-to-ground missiles as well as a 30mm cannon and Stinger air-to-air missiles. AAQ-16 FLIR, ALQ-144 IR jammer, radar warning receivers |
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MH-47E is equipped with an aerial refueling probe, a rescue hoist,
a fast-rope rappeling system, two 7.62mm miniguns that can each
fire 4,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute, and AAQ-16 FLIR, ALQ-144
IR jammer, radar warning receivers |
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