UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, hover while Army Rangers prepare to fast rope onto buildings during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms
An Army Ranger sniper sets up a shot during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms
Special operations soldiers fire upon a mock enemy vehicle during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms
Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M240B machine gun during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces. […]
What does nearly every successful mission by Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, and Green Berets have in common? They’ve probably been carried to and from their missions by members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne with the abbreviation of 160th SOAR (A). The 160th SOAR commonly known as the “Night Stalkers” are […]
I sat down with a former Ranger medic from 3rd Ranger Battalion for a few hours to talk about the massive rescue and recovery operation following Operation Red Wings. Doc’s platoon was alerted and deployed to Afghanistan within 18 hours. SOFREP: What was going through your head when you first got the page to deploy […]
In a SNAFU of epic proportions, an Army PAO SGT is facing being forcibly removed from the service for trying to safeguard classified information. SGT Ricardo Branch was serving in the PAO office of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers). Members of the Night Stalkers were to visit the Boeing aircraft company site […]
Who’s flying the best SOF units into harm’s way? JSOCs TF 160th, that’s who. Helicopter pilots in general are often the black sheep of the military aviation community. I saw this first hand as an H-60 Search & Rescue Swimmer Crew Chief (AW) before I went into the SEALs. A lot of jet jocks would […]
It goes without saying, as a whole, the Night Stalkers are the best helicopter pilots that the world has to offer. Most Army pilots aspire to make it into the unit, but few will ever attain their goal. These pilots fly the world’s élite (Delta, SEALs, and Rangers) from target to target, as well as […]
Read about day one of the Lone Survivor rescue mission, as told by a former 3rd Battalion Ranger Medic.
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