4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington At 9 p.m. on 19 March 2003, the first strike of Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out by members of the 160th SOAR, on Iraqi visual observation posts along the southern and western borders of Iraq. Staff Duty Office THE MH-47 Chinook helicopter is the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s long-distance, heavy-lift helicopter which conducts overt and clandestine infiltration, exfiltration, air assault, resupply and sling-load operations over a wide range of environmental conditions. As the operators disembarked their helicopters, they came under fire from a nearby house, and more al-Qaeda fighters soon joined the firefight. [20], In seven hours, more than 70 sites were destroyed, effectively depriving the Iraqi military of any early warning of the coming invasion. On Oct. 16, 1986, the tough warrior spirit of the airborne and the tenacious determination of the Night Stalkers were joined as the task force further evolved and became an airborne unit. Crew: 3; pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer, Capacity: 33-55 troops or 28,000 pounds of cargo. (Original members of the Night Stalkers refer to it as "the day the Eagles came off". They initially flew in support of the Northern Alliance in the overthrow of the Taliban. Elements of 3rd Battalion 160th SOAR have conducted episodic deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom – Caribbean and Central America, begun in 2008. In Afghanistan in 2005: Eight Night Stalkers (four from HHC and four from Bravo company of 3rd Battalion[22]) were killed along with eight Navy SEALs on a rescue mission for Marcus Luttrell, after their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was hit by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade). Always looking for US and foreign militaria from the Central American wars circa 1970-1990 One soldier, CPT Clayton Carpenter of NY (posthumously promoted to MAJ),[36] was killed with another two injured. They flew from US Navy warships and leased oil barges in a secret sub-part called Operation Prime Chance, and became the first helicopter pilots to use night vision goggles and forward looking infrared devices in night combat. [24][25], In July 2006, a pair of MH-47Es from 160th SOAR attempted to insert a combined strike element of DEVGRU, Rangers, and Afghan commandos in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, to attack a compound. The strike groups included one flight of MH-60L DAPs and four "Black Swarm" flights, each consisting of a pair of AH-6M Little Birds; a FLIR-equipped, target-spotting MH-6M; and a pair of U.S. Air Force A-10As. 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky The 160th first saw combat during 1983's Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S. invasion of Grenada. One Night Stalker was killed in the battle. They continue to fly in support of Delta, Navy SEAL and CIA missions against Taliban insurgents. Two weeks later two Chinooks and 76 crew members and maintenance personnel arrived by C-5. The crash killed a soldier, Sergeant First Class James R. Stright, 29, and injured eight others, three seriously. Organization . Print. Command Sergeant Major: CSM Gregory Chambers ", Some L models were upgraded to Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) variants, M variants can be equipped with the Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES), 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (160th SOAR(A)), Extended-Range Multi-Purpose Company E (MQ-1C), Extended-Range Multi-Purpose Company F (MQ-1C), Special Operations Aviation Training Company, Light Assault Helicopters Company (MH-6M), Medium Attack Helicopters Company (MH-60M DAP), Medium Assault Helicopters Company (MH-60M), Heavy Assault Helicopters Company (MH-47G), The 160th features prominently in the 2001 film, 2nd Battalion, 160th SOAR(ABN) is featured in the movie, This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 00:56. Since that time, the unit has responded to numerous missions at the request of the president of the United States and the secretary of defense. It consists of three battalions, two white and one “black” (for classified missions). On 19 August 2009, four Night Stalkers from D Company, 1st Battalion, 160th SOAR lost their lives in a MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in Leadville, Colorado, during a mountain and environmental training. As demand for highly trained special operations aviation assets bloomed, the regiment activated three battalions, a separate detachment, and incorporated one Army National Guard unit, the 1st Battalion, 245th Aviation (OK ARNG). SGT, Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Florida, SFC, Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Indiana, MSG, James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tennessee, SFC, Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Virginia, Chief Warrant Officer, Chris J. 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