The military’s newest rotary-wing airframe, updated and better equipped than its Chinook predecessors, will be flown exclusively by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), headquartered at Fort Campbell, Ky.
...The MH-47G has capabilities not found on any other rotor-wing aircraft in the world. Its specialized mission equipment includes:
· Multi-mode radar that permits terrain following and terrain avoidance in all climatic conditions
· Next generation forward-looking infrared, or FLIR
· M-134 Gatling “miniguns” and M-240D machine guns for increased defensive firepower...
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160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
Night Stalkers Don’t Quit!
"The Lord knows the way I take, and when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold" JOB 23:10
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Night Stalker Prayer
Father of the heavens and the night; Stretch forth Your almighty arms to strengthen and protect us. Even as You gave Saint Michael, Your angelic warrior, power to do spiritual battle in the heavens, so give us power to command the darkened skies.
Guide and direct us in the defense of our country and in the maintenance of justice among the nations. Give us the courage to face all obstacles that might keep us from our time on target. Send Your holy Angels to protect the precious cargo which we carry; the elite Special Operations forces of the United States. Sustain us in the hour of danger with the knowledge of Your mercy and return us safely home.
Watch over our families when we can not. May Your presence give them comfort, and Your love lend them the courage to face each day, confident in the knowledge that You will never leave them nor forsake them. Protect them with Your unfailing mercy and grace. Grant that wherever we serve, we may be loyal to our proud heritage. Make us to choose the harder right over the easier wrong, and never to be content with a half truth when the whole can be won. May we ever embody the principles upon which the Night Stalkers are founded and serve proudly with the memory of those who have gone before. Give us the courage to fight to win and the faith to die rather than quit. Because, Night Stalkers Don’t Quit!
Amen
