Chief Warrant Officer 4 Matt Rogie arrived in Bagram just before the Night Stalkers came back after dropping off the recovery force. Two Night Stalker Black Hawks, Super 6-1 (piloted by Cliff Wolcott), and Super 6-4 (piloted by Mike Durant), were shot down in the battle. NSDQ! 1st Battalion; 2nd Battalion; 3rd Battalion; Special Troops Battalion; Special Operations . We argued for what seemed like 10 minutes but was actually about 30 seconds, Brady recalled. "[45], 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (160th SOAR (A))[50], 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). Born and raised in small-town South Dakota, he grew up playing football and soccer before serving as a forward observer in the US Army. As a pilot in the 160th, Brady was the air mission commander for the operation. The 160th SOAR has operated the same five helicopters for many decades. Finally, the 50-day SOAMIC provides 160th-assigned Health Care Specialists (68Ws) who have completed the Special Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) Course advanced training on "in-flight trauma/resuscitative care. The rescue operation, known as Operation Red Wings II, continued for weeks. Drop us on the high ground, and well make our way to our swim buddies, Kristensen told Brady. Finally, Burnett pulls back the curtain on his personal struggle re-integrating into civilian culture, a traumatic change that lead him to attempt suicide and finally gain redemption partially through writing Making a Night Stalker. Primary and secondary zones appear to be clear of potential threats.. Thunder boomed as lightning struck all around them. The Night Stalkers, officially known as the 160 Special Operations Aviation Regiment, are the best helicopter pilots and crews in the world. One American was wounded, no hostages were found, but a substantial number of terrorists were killed. They tell a well-paced, compelling story. On 26 November 2014, MH-60s flown by Nightstalkers took part in the first raid in the 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen. and was assigned to the 160th SOAR at Fort Campbell, Ky. Cooper has seen extensive combat while flying Little Birds for the Night Stalkers, including . So how does it work? Listen as this teste. He and Eicher hurried back to the operations center. The MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter is a highly specialised variant of the Sikorsky S-60. The 160th had only lost helicopters during daylight missions at that point theyre calledNight Stalkers for a reason. Within a few weeks, the Northern Alliance, assisted by U.S. ground and air forces, captured several key cities from the Taliban. MH-47D. Im guessing morning PT in 160th is pretty nuts? As they were turning around, Graham saw five Black Hawks performing a star-cluster evasion. [34] The operation involved flying covertly into Abbotabad, Pakistan in a pair of MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, specially modified for stealth and piloted by the 160th SOAR, to take a team of Navy SEALs directly to bin Laden's compound. When the ramp lowered, the Night Stalkers on the Chinooks stood tall and proud for their fallen brethren as task force members boarded and began solemnly moving each remains bag to the mortuary affairs building. The suspended dust erases the horizon making. File:160th SOAR insignia.gif. All of us were pretty broken up at that point, Rogie said. AboutPressCopyrightContact. Back in the operations center, leaders were busy trying to figure out the SEALs last known location and calculating how many soldiers each helicopter could fly with. 160th SOAR MOS's: Pilot Co-Pilot Crew Chief Door Gunner 5th SFG MOS's Communications Sergeant Weapons Sergeant Intelligence Sergeant Medical Sergeant In the 160th SOAR, we utilize real military tactics and apply them to the ARMA game world. How do deployments work? As he watched the two Chinooks taxiing onto the runway, he locked eyes with Russell, his platoon sergeant. As Brady approached the Chinook hed be flying, he noticed the tail number: 1-4-6. He had been in the unit since 1986, with a majority of his time serving in the. The 160th SOAR is the world's premier rotary-wing unit and specializes in transport, attack, and reconnaissance missions, with special-operations units being their main customers. Any help appreciated so I can decide if I want to take this leap. I really want the opportunity to deploy and 160th seems like the best chance. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. During the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the Night Stalkers from 2nd Battalion supported two task forces established in early October 2001: Dagger and Sword. The lone C-17 aircraft lumbered through the sky after departing Germany, a necessary stop on the way back to the United States. Both helicopters were struck by small arms fire. So the enemy is one factor, but the terrain and weather are now a huge factor, and theyre starting to overtake the enemy in terms of danger to the force, Brady said. [18], Later 2002, in Afghanistan, Task Force 11 (previously known as Task Force Sword-renamed in January 2002) was composed of DEVGRU, and a company of Rangers, and was supported by a company of helicopters from the 160th SOAR. King, Lauren, "One Killed, Several Injured in Copter Crash on Navy Ship". A U.S. Soldiers who fail to pass the course the first time may retake it, but there is no guarantee that anyone assigned to Green Platoon will pass and continue on with the 160th. CENTCOM mistakenly posted a video on the internet of a flight of four MH-60Ms of the 160th SOAR conducting a mid-air refueling over Iraq in October 2014, the video was hastily taken down. In helicopter parlance, a chopper like the MH-60, which is used for . Also known within JSOC as Task Force Brown, it fulfils a few different purposes, including direct combat engagement and support, as . Matt Bradys MH-47 Chinook helicopter on Bagram Air Base. The book hit Amazon.com on December 12, 2018 and has shot to the #1 selling title in Afghan War Military History on Amazon, trending in front of books by noted journalist Sebastian Junger and Medal of Honor winner Clinton Romesha. Once on the ground, theyd have to pick up the rope, hook it to themselves, and get hoisted back up. The Tuskegee Airmen flew bomber escort missions during World War II and earned a reputation for excellence that shattered racial barriers within the U.S. military. When we landed, we just saw a row of Night Stalkers and Rangers and SEALs for as far as I could see, lined up and ready to help transport the remains off and take them to the mortuary affairs section, Brady recalled. Not wanting to leave their brothers, the SEAL team commander hatched a plan with the Night Stalkers to insert higher up on the ridgeline and fight their way down to the crash site so Turbine 34 could fly back to Jalalabad, pick up as many SEALs as he could, and fly back to reinforce the eight SEALs. The note said that Marcus Luttrell was alive at a nearby village. Im glad youre here because I am spent, Eicher told him. The 160th SOAR (A) consists of the Army's best-qualified aviators, Crew Chiefs and support soldiers. The 160th SOAR actively seeks and assesses the best-qualified aviators, crew members and support personnel in the Army. The fallen warriors were now on their way home. An RPG hit the shielding MH-47E, whose pilot crash-landed with no serious injuries to operators or aircrew. [32][33], In May 2011, the Night Stalkers took part in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Joseph Turnage, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, with the 160th Special. Once on the ground, they started their search for casualties, potential survivors, and sensitive equipment. [23], On 14 May 2006, helicopters from the 160th SOAR brought operators from Delta Force's B Squadron to Yusufiyah, Iraq, to fight al-Qaeda fighters in several buildings. The OH-6 Cayuses, aircraft that had vanished from the division's regular inventory after Vietnam, were hidden on base in an ammunition holding area still known as the "SHOC Pad", for "Special Helicopter Operations Company". Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell was the only survivor from the initial four-man SEAL reconnaissance element. I know they go on TDY deployments, does that mean short term gig in Afghanistan? Then the helos blades started hitting each other, and the aircraft rolled to the right before inverting as it descended to the mountainous terrain below. Brady stood next to a SEAL commander both had to take command of their respective units when Reich and Kristensen were killed on Turbine 33. Note the winch fitted over the doorway. Then the realization hit: He was now in charge. And much more. Arriving at the insertion point on the ridgeline, Turbine 33 descended into a hover. Walking toward the flight line, the SEAL commander quipped, What made you want to fly such ugly helicopters?, Theyre not much to look at, but they get the job done, Brady fired back. [14], On 21 February 2002, while scouting Islamist terrorists on Basilan Island as part of Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines and seeking to rescue a nurse and an American missionary couple, a MH-47 crashed at sea in the southern Philippines' Bohol Strait, killing 10 servicemen (eight from E company, 160th SOAR and two from the 353rd Special Operations Group). The dramatic nighttime raid was "painstakingly recreated" in the film Zero Dark Thirty,[35] which covers the CIA's efforts to track down bin Laden, from just after the September 11th attacks to the daring raid ten years later. At midnight on 11 June 1988, two MH-47s flew 490 miles at night without outside navigational aids to the target location, the Ouadi Doum Airfield in northern Chad. Operation Restore HopeOperation Gothic SerpentGlobal War on TerrorismOperation Enduring FreedomIraq WarOperation Inherent ResolveAl-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen. [5] The basic Night Stalker course for enlisted soldiers lasts five weeks;[4] the officer course lasts 20 to 28 weeks. Kill Bin Laden. ", "Death waits in the dark! Command Page; Rangers History; Battalions. As the next night approached, the task force went to work, planning another insertion onto the deadly ridgeline. The Armys elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) is known for having some of the most skilled aviators in the world, who fly the most elite special operators into some of the most austere environments on earth using the most advanced aircraft in the US military inventory. The plan was for the SEALs to fast-rope onto the ridgeline above the original LZ. They were sent out to look for Luttrell after Operation Red Wings, in which he was involved with three other SEALs, was compromised and Luttrell's teammates killed. Exclusive: first high-resolution close-up pictures of the stealth drone in Iran. 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