Flying with the Night Stalkers, whether fast-roping from a Black Hawk, thundering in a Chinook, or clinging to the skids of a Little Bird, showed me firsthand why these aviation professionals are the lifeline of America’s most elite warriors.

What do 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 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), with the abbreviation of 160 th SOAR (A).

The 160 th SOAR, commonly known as the “Night Stalkers,” are the US Army’s best aviators and the premier rotary wing aviation unit in the military’s Special Operations Forces. Their moniker is well-deserved, many pilots in the 160 th have more flight hou

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