Black Hawk helicopters of the US Army were spotted doing drills in Trinidadian oil fields, weeks before President Donald Trump deployed significant military assets – including stealth warplanes and several US Navy ships – as part of what he said are counter-narcotics efforts in the Caribbean.

These attack helicopters – MH-60M Black Hawks modified to include stealth features – are part of the arsenal of the elite “Night Stalkers", as the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) is nicknamed. It is an elite special operations unit, which is airborne and flies helicopters in support of Special Operation Forces (SOF) and regular forces.

The 160th SOAR is also otherwise known as Task Force 160 (TF-160). They fly the following helicopters:

MH-47G Chinook

MH-60M Black Hawk

MH-60M DA

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